Acetylcysteine non-comp unit at CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital

4305 NEW SHEPHERDSVILLE RD, Bardstown, KY · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1871588772

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$3.64

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.

$8.57

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.

$0.84 with Humana vs $4.75 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $0.84 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $0.86 ↓ -76%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $0.88 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $0.90 ↓ -75%
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $0.93 ↓ -74%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $1.04 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3.47 ↓ -5%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $3.47 ↓ -5%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $3.57 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3.66 ↑ +1%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3.66 ↑ +1%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3.66 ↑ +1%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $4.33 ↑ +19%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Pathway $4.75 ↑ +30%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO PPO $4.75 ↑ +30%

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Acetylcysteine non-comp unit at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $4.14 $1.32 – $4.33
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $3.15 $1.00 – $4.33
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $3.06 $0.68 – $4.33
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $3.45 $1.17 – $4.33
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $4.32 $1.12 – $4.33

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