Cutter lead 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

$971.54

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.

$2,015.40

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.

$179.34 with Wellcare vs $591.50 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
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $179.34 ↓ -82%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $182.00 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $182.00 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $182.00 ↓ -81%
United Medicare|All Plans $185.64 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $187.46 ↓ -81%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $191.10 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $201.50 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $201.50 ↓ -79%
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $205.53 ↓ -79%
United Medicaid|All Plans $205.53 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $211.58 ↓ -78%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $299.00 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|Non-Options $351.00 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|Options $351.00 ↓ -64%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $364.00 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $448.50 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $448.50 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $500.50 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $500.50 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $500.50 ↓ -48%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $591.50 ↓ -39%

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Cutter lead at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $738.61 $136.05 – $591.50
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $719.17 $92.82 – $591.50
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $809.54 $158.86 – $591.50
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $1,015.00 $152.69 – $591.50
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $855.10 $114.66 – $591.50

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