Bronchoscopy/needle bx each 31629 at CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
4305 NEW SHEPHERDSVILLE RD, Bardstown, KY · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1871588772
$1,395.04
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.
$3,288.00
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.
$580.01 with Humana vs $7,061.10 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.
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 | $580.01 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Medicaid|Better Health | $591.84 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $603.68 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $621.44 | ↓ -55% |
| Passport by Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $639.19 | ↓ -54% |
| Wellcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $716.13 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $2,005.68 | ↑ +44% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options | $2,005.68 | ↑ +44% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,400.24 | ↑ +72% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,400.24 | ↑ +72% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,466.00 | ↑ +77% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $2,531.76 | ↑ +81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $2,531.76 | ↑ +81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,531.76 | ↑ +81% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,992.08 | ↑ +114% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,530.55 | ↑ +153% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $3,530.55 | ↑ +153% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $3,530.55 | ↑ +153% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,601.16 | ↑ +158% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,636.47 | ↑ +161% |
| Passport by Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $3,707.08 | ↑ +166% |
| CareSource | Commercial|All Plans | $7,061.10 | ↑ +406% |
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Bronchoscopy/needle bx each 31629 at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea | Berea | $1,387.84 | $794.32 – $2,619.89 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London | London | $1,129.03 | $451.82 – $2,879.24 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East | Lexington | $254.27 | $154.71 – $576.03 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital | Lexington | $1,490.51 | $743.23 – $2,879.24 |