X-ray exam of mastoids at CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
4200 Nelson Rd, Lake Charles, LA · Christushealth · · NPI 1548796378
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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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
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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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$89.42 with Humana vs $255.75 with Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| Humana | Choicecare | $89.42 | — |
| Triwest | VA MM | $94.72 | — |
| Humana | BH MM | $96.65 | — |
| Arcadian | MM | $96.65 | — |
| Vantage Health Plan Inc | Gold Plus MM | $96.65 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana | MM | $96.65 | — |
| United Healthcare | VA CCN MM | $96.65 | — |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $96.65 | — |
| Aetna | MM | $96.65 | — |
| Coventry | First Health MM | $96.65 | — |
| Humana | Gold Choice MM | $96.65 | — |
| United Healthcare | MM | $98.58 | — |
| Peoples Health | MM | $99.55 | — |
| Dignity Health | MM | $99.55 | — |
| Wellcare | MM | $101.48 | — |
| American Health Medicare | Advantage MM | $106.32 | — |
| AllyAlign Health | MM | $106.32 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $106.85 | — |
| Aetna | New Business | $121.33 | — |
| Christus Health | HIX | $135.31 | — |
| Aetna | PPO | $142.56 | — |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $245.18 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana | HMO | $255.75 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana | PPO | $255.75 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana | Trad | $255.75 | — |
| Vantage Health Plan Inc. | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Humana | Healthy Horizons KM | not published by hospital | — |
| Provider Select | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | KM | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | KM | not published by hospital | — |
| First Health | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Multiplan | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| HealthSmart | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| HealthSmart | Accel PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Phcs | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Health Management Network | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana | KM | not published by hospital | — |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Gilsbar Inc. | Alliance PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthy Blue Louisiana | KM | not published by hospital | — |
| LSU First Choice Verity | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Louisiana Healthcare Connections | KM | not published by hospital | — |
| Verity HealthNet | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Verity Healthnet National | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| PPOplus Llc | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| PPO USA | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
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X-ray exam of mastoids at other Louisiana hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital | Lake Charles | not published | $89.42 – $259.74 |
| CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital | Alexandria | not published | $101.15 – $245.18 |
| CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System-Highland | Shreveport | not published | $66.02 – $222.74 |
| CHRISTUS St. Francis Cabrini Hospital | Alexandria | not published | $79.16 – $333.71 |
| CHRISTUS Coushatta Health Care Center | Coushatta | not published | $245.18 – $303.69 |