MRI without fol w/cont, breast 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

$866.39

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.

$2,042.00

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.

$255.43 with Humana vs $2,567.00 with United — 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 $255.43 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $260.64 ↓ -70%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $265.86 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $273.68 ↓ -68%
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $281.50 ↓ -68%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $315.38 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $341.98 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $341.98 ↓ -61%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $341.98 ↓ -61%
United Medicare|All Plans $348.82 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $352.24 ↓ -59%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $359.08 ↓ -59%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $683.96 ↓ -21%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,057.04 ↑ +22%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,057.04 ↑ +22%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,114.96 ↑ +29%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,114.96 ↑ +29%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,114.96 ↑ +29%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,317.68 ↑ +52%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Pathway $1,375.00 ↑ +59%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,556.54 ↑ +80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO PPO $1,624.00 ↑ +87%
United Commercial|Non-Options $2,567.00 ↑ +196%
United Commercial|Options $2,567.00 ↑ +196%

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MRI without fol w/cont, breast at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $732.73 $419.37 – $1,383.20
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $557.06 $318.14 – $1,383.20
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $532.05 $212.92 – $1,356.81
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $733.86 $13.45 – $50.05
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $903.54 $8.70 – $33.67
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester not published $327.35 – $327.35

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