X-ray exam of sinuses 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

$78.58

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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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$163.00

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.

$44.98 with Wellcare vs $148.33 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

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 $44.98 ↓ -43%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $45.64 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $45.64 ↓ -42%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $45.64 ↓ -42%
United Medicare|All Plans $46.56 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $47.01 ↓ -40%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $47.93 ↓ -39%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $50.53 ↓ -36%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $50.53 ↓ -36%
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $51.55 ↓ -34%
United Medicaid|All Plans $51.55 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $53.06 ↓ -32%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $74.98 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|Non-Options $88.02 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|Options $88.02 ↑ +12%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $91.28 ↑ +16%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $112.47 ↑ +43%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $112.47 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $125.51 ↑ +60%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $125.51 ↑ +60%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $125.51 ↑ +60%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $148.33 ↑ +89%

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X-ray exam of sinuses at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $68.90 $39.35 – $171.08
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $116.69 $25.42 – $161.98
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $94.80 $57.68 – $214.76
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $118.86 $55.44 – $214.76
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $280.88 $30.17 – $155.61
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $217.28 $81.65 – $81.65

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