CT orbit/sella/fossa w/wo contrast at Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital

130 Kate Ireland Dr, Hayden, KY · Arh · · NPI 1649554007

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$2,346.60

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.

$3,911.00

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.

$542.00 with Anthem HMO vs $3,441.68 with Aetna POS — 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
Anthem HMO Commercial $542.00 ↓ -77%
Anthem Traditional/PPO Commercial $542.00 ↓ -77%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid $586.65 ↓ -75%
Anthem Medicaid $586.65 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicaid $586.65 ↓ -75%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $592.52 ↓ -75%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $592.52 ↓ -75%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $592.52 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare $592.52 ↓ -75%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $592.52 ↓ -75%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid $592.52 ↓ -75%
Passport Molina Medicaid $598.38 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Medicare $743.09 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare $821.31 ↓ -65%
UMR Commercial $2,111.94 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $2,111.94 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $2,111.94 ↓ -10%
CareSoure Kentucky Commercial $2,542.15 ↑ +8%
Aetna PPO Commercial $3,441.68 ↑ +47%
Aetna POS Commercial $3,441.68 ↑ +47%

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CT orbit/sella/fossa w/wo contrast at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $562.08 $321.70 – $1,061.06
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine $1,834.20 not published
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $2,304.60 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $805.53 $460.05 – $2,000.18
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $1,116.54 $446.83 – $2,847.39
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $826.25 $340.00 – $1,871.87
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $969.02 $340.00 – $1,871.87
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $1,325.46 $551.08 – $2,842.84

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