Intro cath dialysis circuit 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

$1,214.40

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.

$2,024.00

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.

$454.19 with Aetna Better Health vs $1,821.60 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
Aetna Better Health Medicaid $454.19 ↓ -63%
Passport Molina Medicaid $454.19 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicaid $454.19 ↓ -63%
Anthem Medicaid $454.19 ↓ -63%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid $485.76 ↓ -60%
CareSoure Kentucky Commercial $1,214.40 ↑ +0%
Humana Medicare $1,262.46 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,262.46 ↑ +4%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,262.46 ↑ +4%
Aetna Medicare $1,262.46 ↑ +4%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $1,262.46 ↑ +4%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $1,262.46 ↑ +4%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $1,262.46 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $1,497.76 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $1,497.76 ↑ +23%
UMR Commercial $1,497.76 ↑ +23%
Anthem HMO Commercial $1,681.13 ↑ +38%
Anthem Traditiona/PPO Commercial $1,769.58 ↑ +46%
Aetna PPO Commercial $1,821.60 ↑ +50%
Aetna POS Commercial $1,821.60 ↑ +50%

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Intro cath dialysis circuit at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $3,473.03 $1,564.83 – $1,596.12
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $673.35 $269.47 – $1,717.17
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $890.12 $541.60 – $2,016.56
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $1,043.92 $520.54 – $2,016.56
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester not published $1,477.02 – $1,477.02

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