Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) 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

$754.20

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.

$1,257.00

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.

$36.39 with Optum CCN Region 2 vs $1,131.30 with Aetna PPO — 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
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $36.39 ↓ -95%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $36.39 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare $36.39 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare $36.39 ↓ -95%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $36.39 ↓ -95%
CareSoure Kentucky Commercial $60.04 ↓ -92%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid $161.02 ↓ -79%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid $167.80 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare $196.44 ↓ -74%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $196.44 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicaid $282.07 ↓ -63%
Passport Molina Medicaid $282.07 ↓ -63%
Anthem Medicaid $282.07 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $930.18 ↑ +23%
UMR Commercial $930.18 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $930.18 ↑ +23%
Anthem HMO Commercial $1,044.06 ↑ +38%
Anthem Traditiona/PPO Commercial $1,099.00 ↑ +46%
Aetna POS Commercial $1,131.30 ↑ +50%
Aetna PPO Commercial $1,131.30 ↑ +50%

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Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $1,079.81 $618.02 – $2,038.40
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine $1,438.20 not published
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $1,678.20 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $615.69 $351.63 – $1,528.80
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $1,600.05 $640.32 – $4,080.44
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $694.10 $422.33 – $1,572.48
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $870.26 $405.91 – $1,572.48
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $931.73 $387.38 – $1,998.36

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