X-ray exam entire spi 6/> vw 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

$184.63

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.

$383.00

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.

$105.67 with Wellcare vs $348.53 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 $105.67 ↓ -43%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $107.24 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $107.24 ↓ -42%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $107.24 ↓ -42%
United Medicare|All Plans $109.39 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $110.46 ↓ -40%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $112.61 ↓ -39%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $118.73 ↓ -36%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $118.73 ↓ -36%
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $121.11 ↓ -34%
United Medicaid|All Plans $121.11 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $124.67 ↓ -32%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $176.18 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|Non-Options $206.82 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|Options $206.82 ↑ +12%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $214.48 ↑ +16%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $264.27 ↑ +43%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $264.27 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $294.91 ↑ +60%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $294.91 ↑ +60%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $294.91 ↑ +60%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $348.53 ↑ +89%

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X-ray exam entire spi 6/> vw at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $277.06 $158.24 – $687.96
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $138.81 $55.55 – $353.99
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $157.86 $96.05 – $357.63
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $185.14 $92.32 – $357.63
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester not published $98.09 – $98.09

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