Antibody elution rbc reference 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

$67.04

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.

$158.00

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.

$18.30 with BCBS - Anthem vs $328.18 with CareSource — 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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO PPO $18.30 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Pathway $18.30 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $27.88 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $28.44 ↓ -58%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $29.01 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $29.87 ↓ -55%
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $30.72 ↓ -54%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $34.42 ↓ -49%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $88.69 ↑ +32%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $115.34 ↑ +72%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $115.34 ↑ +72%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $121.66 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $121.66 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $121.66 ↑ +81%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $143.78 ↑ +114%
United Commercial|Non-Options $162.74 ↑ +143%
United Commercial|Options $162.74 ↑ +143%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $164.09 ↑ +145%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $164.09 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $164.09 ↑ +145%
United Medicare|All Plans $167.37 ↑ +150%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $169.01 ↑ +152%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $172.29 ↑ +157%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $328.18 ↑ +390%

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Antibody elution rbc reference at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $51.31 $18.30 – $127.40
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $84.57 $18.30 – $215.67
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $89.18 $18.30 – $202.02
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $104.59 $18.30 – $202.02
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester not published $159.86 – $159.86

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