Therapy Exercise Session (each 15 minutes) at CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System-Highland

1453 E Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, Shreveport, LA · Christushealth · · NPI 1417950106

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 12, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

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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.

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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.

$16.21 with United Healthcare vs $369.00 with Aetna — 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 $16.21 —
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $16.21 —
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $16.21 —
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $16.37 —
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $16.53 —
Aetna KM $17.02 —
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $17.02 —
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $17.02 —
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Community Blue HMO HIX $60.38 —
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $78.41 —
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Traditional $90.17 —
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $90.17 —
Humana Choicecare $159.00 —
Five Point Credit Union PPO $225.00 —
Cigna PPO $282.00 —
Aetna New Business $314.00 —
United Healthcare All Payer $323.00 —
Aetna PPO $369.00 —
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO not published by hospital —
Verity HealthNet PPO not published by hospital —
Verity Healthnet National PPO not published by hospital —
Aetna MM not published by hospital —
Arcadian Health Plan MM not published by hospital —
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM not published by hospital —
Christus Health Med Adv MM not published by hospital —
First Health PPO not published by hospital —
Gilsbar Inc. Alliance PPO not published by hospital —
Healthcare Highways PPO not published by hospital —
Health Management Network PPO not published by hospital —
HealthSmart Accel PPO not published by hospital —
HealthSmart PPO not published by hospital —
LSU First Choice Verity PPO not published by hospital —
Multiplan PPO not published by hospital —
Phcs PPO not published by hospital —
PPOplus Llc PPO not published by hospital —
Provider Select PPO not published by hospital —
Triwest VA MM not published by hospital —
United Healthcare VA CCN MM not published by hospital —

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Therapy Exercise Session (each 15 minutes) at other Louisiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS St. Francis Cabrini Hospital Alexandria $38.74 $16.21 – $311.00
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria not published $10.96 – $153.00
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles not published $16.21 – $425.00
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles not published $16.21 – $434.00
CHRISTUS Coushatta Health Care Center Coushatta not published $16.21 – $225.00

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