Pericardiocentesis wwo imaging 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

$2,496.60

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$4,161.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$933.73 with Aetna Better Health vs $3,744.90 with Aetna PPO — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Aetna Better Health Medicaid $933.73 ↓ -63%
Passport Molina Medicaid $933.73 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicaid $933.73 ↓ -63%
Anthem Medicaid $933.73 ↓ -63%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid $998.64 ↓ -60%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $1,262.46 ↓ -49%
Humana Medicare $1,262.46 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,262.46 ↓ -49%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,262.46 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare $1,262.46 ↓ -49%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $1,262.46 ↓ -49%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $1,262.46 ↓ -49%
CareSoure Kentucky Commercial $2,496.60 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $3,079.14 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $3,079.14 ↑ +23%
UMR Commercial $3,079.14 ↑ +23%
Anthem HMO Commercial $3,456.13 ↑ +38%
Anthem Traditiona/PPO Commercial $3,637.96 ↑ +46%
Aetna POS Commercial $3,744.90 ↑ +50%
Aetna PPO Commercial $3,744.90 ↑ +50%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Pericardiocentesis wwo imaging at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $1,434.60 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $456.75 $182.79 – $1,164.80
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $522.58 $317.97 – $1,183.91
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $1,361.91 $305.61 – $1,183.91
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $265.60 $110.43 – $569.66
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester not published $1,477.02 – $1,477.02

All Kentucky hospitals for this procedure →