Pelvic CT scan (with and without 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

$3,015.60

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.

$5,026.00

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 $4,422.88 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 ↓ -82%
Anthem Traditional/PPO Commercial $542.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid $753.90 ↓ -75%
Anthem Medicaid $753.90 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicaid $753.90 ↓ -75%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $761.44 ↓ -75%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $761.44 ↓ -75%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $761.44 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare $761.44 ↓ -75%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $761.44 ↓ -75%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid $761.44 ↓ -75%
Passport Molina Medicaid $768.98 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $954.94 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare $1,055.46 ↓ -65%
UMR Commercial $2,714.04 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $2,714.04 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $2,714.04 ↓ -10%
CareSoure Kentucky Commercial $3,266.90 ↑ +8%
Aetna PPO Commercial $4,422.88 ↑ +47%
Aetna POS Commercial $4,422.88 ↑ +47%

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Pelvic CT scan (with and without contrast) at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $714.89 $409.16 – $1,349.53
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine $1,774.80 not published
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $2,167.20 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $845.84 $483.07 – $2,100.28
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $1,160.43 $464.39 – $2,959.32
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $994.55 $340.00 – $2,253.16
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $1,166.41 $340.00 – $1,901.90
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $865.96 $360.04 – $1,857.31

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