CT lower extremity without contrast (both sides) at CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea

305 Estill Street, Berea, KY · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1740488386

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$423.25

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$878.00

Gross charge

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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.

$242.25 with Wellcare vs $1,262.00 with United — 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
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $242.25 ↓ -43%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $245.84 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $245.84 ↓ -42%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $245.84 ↓ -42%
United Medicare|All Plans $250.76 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $253.22 ↓ -40%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $258.14 ↓ -39%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $272.18 ↓ -36%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $272.18 ↓ -36%
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $277.63 ↓ -34%
United Medicaid|All Plans $277.63 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $285.79 ↓ -32%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $403.88 ↓ -5%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $491.68 ↑ +16%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $605.82 ↑ +43%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $605.82 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $676.06 ↑ +60%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $676.06 ↑ +60%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $676.06 ↑ +60%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $798.98 ↑ +89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Pathway $878.00 ↑ +107%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO PPO $878.00 ↑ +107%
United Commercial|Options $1,262.00 ↑ +198%
United Commercial|Non-Options $1,262.00 ↑ +198%

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CT lower extremity without contrast (both sides) at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $710.61 $405.84 – $1,764.49
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $568.80 $227.63 – $1,450.54
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $796.93 $340.00 – $1,805.44
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $1,015.66 $340.00 – $1,805.44
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $791.71 $329.17 – $1,698.06
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $3,368.89 $98.09 – $98.09

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