Insert cath pleura without image 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

$1,777.74

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.

$4,190.00

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.

$739.12 with Humana vs $3,812.90 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.

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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 $739.12 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $754.20 ↓ -58%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $769.29 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $791.91 ↓ -55%
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $814.54 ↓ -54%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $912.59 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,816.52 ↑ +2%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,816.52 ↑ +2%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $1,816.52 ↑ +2%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,852.85 ↑ +4%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,871.02 ↑ +5%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,907.35 ↑ +7%
United Commercial|Options $2,555.90 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|Non-Options $2,555.90 ↑ +44%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $3,058.70 ↑ +72%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,058.70 ↑ +72%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $3,142.50 ↑ +77%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,226.30 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,226.30 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,226.30 ↑ +81%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $3,633.04 ↑ +104%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $3,812.90 ↑ +114%

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Insert cath pleura without image at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $2,019.81 $1,156.03 – $3,812.90
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $1,535.56 $876.97 – $3,812.90
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $1,466.60 $586.91 – $3,740.10
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $1,763.36 $1,072.92 – $3,994.90
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $2,210.89 $1,031.22 – $3,994.90
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester not published $1,800.50 – $1,800.50

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