Arthrocentesis/aspiration/inj major joint/bursa without Ultrasound guidance (both sides) at CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
4305 NEW SHEPHERDSVILLE RD, Bardstown, KY · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1871588772
$445.08
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.
$1,049.00
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.
$172.17 with Humana vs $888.16 with Multiplan — 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 | Medicaid|All Plans | $172.17 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Medicaid|Better Health | $175.68 | ↓ -61% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $179.20 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $184.47 | ↓ -59% |
| Passport by Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $189.74 | ↓ -57% |
| Wellcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $212.58 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $282.67 | ↓ -36% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $282.67 | ↓ -36% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $282.67 | ↓ -36% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $288.32 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $291.15 | ↓ -35% |
| Passport by Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $296.80 | ↓ -33% |
| CareSource | Commercial|All Plans | $565.34 | ↑ +27% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options | $595.36 | ↑ +34% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $595.36 | ↑ +34% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $712.48 | ↑ +60% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $712.48 | ↑ +60% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $732.00 | ↑ +64% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $751.52 | ↑ +69% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $751.52 | ↑ +69% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $751.52 | ↑ +69% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $888.16 | ↑ +100% |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/inj major joint/bursa without Ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea | Berea | $746.71 | $243.62 – $803.53 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling | Mt. Sterling | $322.87 | $153.63 – $667.94 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London | London | $196.26 | $78.54 – $500.50 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East | Lexington | $815.81 | $228.52 – $850.85 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital | Lexington | $470.89 | $205.31 – $795.34 |
| Adventhealth Manchester | Manchester | $1,057.23 | $288.01 – $288.01 |