Nasopharyngoscopy w/endoscope at CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea
305 Estill Street, Berea, KY · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1740488386
$212.59
Cash price 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.
$441.00
Gross charge 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.
$121.68 with Wellcare vs $401.31 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Wellcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $121.68 | ↓ -43% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $123.48 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $123.48 | ↓ -42% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $123.48 | ↓ -42% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $125.95 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $127.19 | ↓ -40% |
| Passport by Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $129.66 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | Medicaid|Better Health | $136.71 | ↓ -36% |
| Humana | Medicaid|All Plans | $136.71 | ↓ -36% |
| Passport by Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $139.45 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $139.45 | ↓ -34% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $143.55 | ↓ -32% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $202.86 | ↓ -5% |
| CareSource | Commercial|All Plans | $246.96 | ↑ +16% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $304.29 | ↑ +43% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $304.29 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $339.57 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $339.57 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $339.57 | ↑ +60% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $401.31 | ↑ +89% |
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Nasopharyngoscopy w/endoscope at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling | Mt. Sterling | $161.62 | $92.31 – $401.31 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London | London | $154.51 | $61.84 – $394.03 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East | Lexington | $175.54 | $106.81 – $397.67 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital | Lexington | $205.87 | $102.66 – $397.67 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital | Bardstown | $187.11 | $77.80 – $401.31 |