X-ray hip with pelvis when performed bilateral >= 5 views at CHRISTUS St. Francis Cabrini Hospital

3330 Masonic Dr, Alexandria, LA · Christushealth · · NPI 1639160799

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 13, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$214.24

Cash price

?

Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$824.00

Gross charge

?

Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$98.88 with United Healthcare vs $700.40 with Verity Healthnet National — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
United Healthcare KM $98.88 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $98.88 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $98.88 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $98.88 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $98.88 ↓ -54%
Humana Gold Plus MM $99.13 ↓ -54%
Triwest VA MM $99.13 ↓ -54%
Humana Gold Choice MM $99.13 ↓ -54%
Coventry First Health MM $101.15 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $101.15 ↓ -53%
Active Med PPO $101.15 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $101.15 ↓ -53%
Aetna MM $101.15 ↓ -53%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $101.15 ↓ -53%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $101.15 ↓ -53%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $101.15 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare MM $103.17 ↓ -52%
Dignity Health MM $104.18 ↓ -51%
Peoples Health MM $104.18 ↓ -51%
Wellcare MM $106.21 ↓ -50%
Aetna KM $107.12 ↓ -50%
AllyAlign Health MM $111.27 ↓ -48%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $111.27 ↓ -48%
Humana Choicecare $133.40 ↓ -38%
Christus Health HIX $141.61 ↓ -34%
Cigna PPO $182.25 ↓ -15%
Aetna New Business $200.89 ↓ -6%
Aetna PPO $236.34 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare All Payer $245.18 ↑ +14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $333.71 ↑ +56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $333.71 ↑ +56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $333.71 ↑ +56%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $412.00 ↑ +92%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $412.00 ↑ +92%
Healthcare Highways PPO $494.40 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $494.40 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $494.40 ↑ +131%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $535.60 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $535.60 ↑ +150%
Multiplan PPO $576.80 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $576.80 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $576.80 ↑ +169%
Health Management Network PPO $659.20 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $659.20 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $659.20 ↑ +208%
First Health PPO $700.40 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $700.40 ↑ +227%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

X-ray hip with pelvis when performed bilateral >= 5 views at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $101.15 – $245.18
CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System-Highland Shreveport not published $98.50 – $222.74

All Louisiana hospitals for this procedure →