Forensic cytopathology 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

$44.98

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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.

$106.00

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.

$4.78 with BCBS - Anthem vs $102.32 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|Pathway $4.78 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO PPO $4.78 ↓ -89%
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $14.95 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $14.95 ↓ -67%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $14.95 ↓ -67%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $15.25 ↓ -66%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $15.25 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $15.70 ↓ -65%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $22.37 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $51.16 ↑ +14%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $51.16 ↑ +14%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $51.16 ↑ +14%
United Commercial|Options $51.63 ↑ +15%
United Commercial|Non-Options $51.63 ↑ +15%
United Medicare|All Plans $52.18 ↑ +16%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $52.69 ↑ +17%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $53.72 ↑ +19%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $77.38 ↑ +72%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $77.38 ↑ +72%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $81.62 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $81.62 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $81.62 ↑ +81%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $96.46 ↑ +114%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $102.32 ↑ +127%

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