Assay of interleukin-6 (il-6) at Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center

100 Medical Center Drive, Hazard, KY · Arh · · NPI 1609869916

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

$687.00

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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.

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$1,145.00

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.

$17.27 with Humana vs $182.70 with Aetna PPO — 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
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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
Humana Medicare $17.27 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicaid $17.27 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare $17.27 ↓ -97%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $17.27 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare $17.27 ↓ -97%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $17.27 ↓ -97%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $17.27 ↓ -97%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $17.27 ↓ -97%
Passport Molina Medicaid $17.27 ↓ -97%
Anthem Medicaid $45.55 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid $45.55 ↓ -93%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid $48.72 ↓ -93%
CareSoure Kentucky Commercial $121.80 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $150.22 ↓ -78%
UMR Commercial $150.22 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $150.22 ↓ -78%
Anthem HMO Commercial $168.61 ↓ -75%
Anthem Traditiona/PPO Commercial $177.48 ↓ -74%
Aetna POS Commercial $182.70 ↓ -73%
Aetna PPO Commercial $182.70 ↓ -73%

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Assay of interleukin-6 (il-6) at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $60.74 $34.77 – $114.66
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine $83.40 not published
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $83.40 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $43.98 $25.12 – $109.20
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $41.75 $16.71 – $106.47
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $50.21 $30.55 – $113.75
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $58.89 $29.37 – $113.75
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $53.46 $22.23 – $114.66

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