CT neck soft tissue w/contrast at Barbourville ARH Hospital

80 Hospital Dr, Barbourville, KY · Arh · · NPI 1992176655

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$2,067.60

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.

$3,446.00

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.

$542.00 with Anthem HMO vs $3,032.48 with Aetna POS — 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
Anthem HMO Commercial $542.00 ↓ -74%
Anthem Traditional/PPO Commercial $542.00 ↓ -74%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid $585.82 ↓ -72%
Anthem Medicaid $585.82 ↓ -72%
Humana Medicaid $585.82 ↓ -72%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $591.68 ↓ -71%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $591.68 ↓ -71%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $591.68 ↓ -71%
Humana Medicare $591.68 ↓ -71%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $591.68 ↓ -71%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid $591.68 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $595.00 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $595.00 ↓ -71%
UMR Commercial $595.00 ↓ -71%
Passport Molina Medicaid $597.54 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare $827.04 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Medicare $999.34 ↓ -52%
CareSoure Kentucky Commercial $2,239.90 ↑ +8%
Aetna PPO Commercial $3,032.48 ↑ +47%
Aetna POS Commercial $3,032.48 ↑ +47%

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CT neck soft tissue w/contrast at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $658.49 $376.88 – $1,243.06
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine $1,617.00 not published
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $2,048.40 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $760.82 $434.51 – $1,889.16
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $1,098.34 $439.54 – $2,800.98
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $1,305.05 $340.00 – $2,956.59
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $1,530.55 $340.00 – $2,335.97
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $829.05 $344.69 – $1,778.14

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