Nm imaging gastric emptying study 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

$991.11

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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.

$2,056.00

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.

$567.26 with Wellcare vs $1,870.96 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
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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 $567.26 ↓ -43%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $575.68 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $575.68 ↓ -42%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $575.68 ↓ -42%
United Medicare|All Plans $587.20 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $592.96 ↓ -40%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $604.47 ↓ -39%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $637.36 ↓ -36%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $637.36 ↓ -36%
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $650.11 ↓ -34%
United Medicaid|All Plans $650.11 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $669.23 ↓ -32%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $945.76 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|Non-Options $1,130.80 ↑ +14%
United Commercial|Options $1,130.80 ↑ +14%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $1,151.36 ↑ +16%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,418.64 ↑ +43%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,418.64 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,583.12 ↑ +60%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,583.12 ↑ +60%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,583.12 ↑ +60%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,870.96 ↑ +89%

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Nm imaging gastric emptying study at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $1,098.71 $627.49 – $2,728.18
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $1,321.72 $528.94 – $3,370.64
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $1,352.04 $822.66 – $3,063.06
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $1,585.67 $790.68 – $3,063.06
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $1,142.59 $475.05 – $2,450.63
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $2,047.24 $375.10 – $375.10

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