X-ray sternum > 2 views 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

$278.33

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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.

$656.00

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.

$54.96 with Humana vs $456.82 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 Commercial|All Plans $54.96 ↓ -80%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $84.31 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $84.31 ↓ -70%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $84.31 ↓ -70%
United Medicare|All Plans $86.00 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $86.84 ↓ -69%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $88.53 ↓ -68%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $88.56 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $90.36 ↓ -68%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $92.17 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $94.88 ↓ -66%
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $97.59 ↓ -65%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $109.34 ↓ -61%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $168.62 ↓ -39%
United Commercial|Options $301.20 ↑ +8%
United Commercial|Non-Options $301.20 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $366.46 ↑ +32%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $366.46 ↑ +32%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $386.54 ↑ +39%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $386.54 ↑ +39%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $386.54 ↑ +39%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $456.82 ↑ +64%

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X-ray sternum > 2 views at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $316.23 $89.40 – $294.84
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $240.42 $74.31 – $323.05
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $223.03 $54.96 – $466.83
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $287.60 $54.96 – $651.56
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $360.60 $54.96 – $651.56
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $502.38 $81.65 – $81.65

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