Xe133 xenon 10mci 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

$309.37

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.

$1,189.90

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.

$64.32 with United Healthcare vs $536.00 with United Healthcare — 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
United Healthcare KM $64.32 ↓ -79%
Aetna MM $64.32 ↓ -79%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $64.32 ↓ -79%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $64.32 ↓ -79%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $64.32 ↓ -79%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $64.32 ↓ -79%
Aetna KM $69.68 ↓ -77%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $80.40 ↓ -74%
Humana Choicecare $93.39 ↓ -70%
Christus Health HIX $112.56 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare All Payer $128.64 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $226.49 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $226.49 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $226.49 ↓ -27%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $268.00 ↓ -13%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $268.00 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $268.00 ↓ -13%
Cigna PPO $316.24 ↑ +2%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $321.60 ↑ +4%
Multiplan PPO $321.60 ↑ +4%
Healthcare Highways PPO $321.60 ↑ +4%
Phcs PPO $321.60 ↑ +4%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $321.60 ↑ +4%
Verity HealthNet PPO $321.60 ↑ +4%
PPOplus Llc PPO $321.60 ↑ +4%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $348.40 ↑ +13%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $375.20 ↑ +21%
Provider Select PPO $428.80 ↑ +39%
Health Management Network PPO $428.80 ↑ +39%
HealthSmart PPO $428.80 ↑ +39%
First Health PPO $455.60 ↑ +47%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $455.60 ↑ +47%
Triwest VA MM $455.60 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $536.00 ↑ +73%

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Xe133 xenon 10mci at other Louisiana hospitals

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CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $105.49 – $240.29

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