X-ray nasal bones complete > 3 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

$99.58

Cash price

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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.

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

$383.00

Gross charge

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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.

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

$45.96 with Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana vs $325.55 with Verity Healthnet National — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $45.96 ↓ -54%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $45.96 ↓ -54%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $45.96 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare KM $45.96 ↓ -54%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $45.96 ↓ -54%
Aetna KM $49.79 ↓ -50%
Humana Choicecare $76.62 ↓ -23%
Triwest VA MM $82.08 ↓ -18%
Humana Gold Choice MM $82.08 ↓ -18%
Humana Gold Plus MM $82.08 ↓ -18%
Coventry First Health MM $83.75 ↓ -16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $83.75 ↓ -16%
Active Med PPO $83.75 ↓ -16%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $83.75 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $83.75 ↓ -16%
Aetna MM $83.75 ↓ -16%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $83.75 ↓ -16%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $83.75 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare MM $85.43 ↓ -14%
Peoples Health MM $86.26 ↓ -13%
Dignity Health MM $86.26 ↓ -13%
Wellcare MM $87.94 ↓ -12%
AllyAlign Health MM $92.13 ↓ -7%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $92.13 ↓ -7%
Cigna PPO $107.07 ↑ +8%
Christus Health HIX $117.25 ↑ +18%
Aetna New Business $128.09 ↑ +29%
Aetna PPO $150.70 ↑ +51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $181.11 ↑ +82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $181.11 ↑ +82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $181.11 ↑ +82%
United Healthcare All Payer $182.03 ↑ +83%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $191.50 ↑ +92%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $191.50 ↑ +92%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $229.80 ↑ +131%
Healthcare Highways PPO $229.80 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $229.80 ↑ +131%
PPOplus Llc PPO $248.95 ↑ +150%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $248.95 ↑ +150%
Multiplan PPO $268.10 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $268.10 ↑ +169%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $268.10 ↑ +169%
Health Management Network PPO $306.40 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $306.40 ↑ +208%
Provider Select PPO $306.40 ↑ +208%
First Health PPO $325.55 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $325.55 ↑ +227%

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