Heparin bolus from bag 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

$49.84

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.

$103.38

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.

$14.45 with Wellcare vs $47.65 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 $14.45 ↓ -71%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $14.67 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $14.67 ↓ -71%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $14.67 ↓ -71%
United Medicare|All Plans $14.96 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $15.11 ↓ -70%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $15.40 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $16.24 ↓ -67%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $16.24 ↓ -67%
United Medicaid|All Plans $16.56 ↓ -67%
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $16.56 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $17.05 ↓ -66%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $24.09 ↓ -52%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $29.33 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Pathway $32.99 ↓ -34%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $36.13 ↓ -28%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $36.13 ↓ -28%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO PPO $37.70 ↓ -24%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $40.32 ↓ -19%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $40.32 ↓ -19%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $40.32 ↓ -19%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $47.65 ↓ -4%

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Heparin bolus from bag at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $37.89 $0.24 – $47.65
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $36.89 $0.24 – $47.65
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $41.53 $0.24 – $47.65
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $52.07 $0.24 – $47.65
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $43.87 $0.24 – $47.65
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $132.74 not published

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