Parathyroid planar imaging at Harlan ARH Hospital

81 Ball Park Road Harlan, KY 40831, KY · Arh · · NPI 1306842521

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

$928.20

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.

$1,547.00

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.

$247.52 with Humana vs $1,392.30 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
Humana Medicaid $247.52 ↓ -73%
Anthem Medicaid $247.52 ↓ -73%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid $247.52 ↓ -73%
Passport Molina Medicaid $252.47 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare $369.04 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Medicare $369.04 ↓ -60%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $369.04 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $369.04 ↓ -60%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $369.04 ↓ -60%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $369.04 ↓ -60%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $369.04 ↓ -60%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid $402.22 ↓ -57%
CareSoure Kentucky Commercial $928.20 ↑ +0%
UMR Commercial $1,154.06 ↑ +24%
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $1,154.06 ↑ +24%
Anthem HMO Commercial $1,284.94 ↑ +38%
Anthem Traditional/PPO Commercial $1,352.54 ↑ +46%
Aetna PPO Commercial $1,392.30 ↑ +50%
Aetna POS Commercial $1,392.30 ↑ +50%

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CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $676.33 $387.09 – $1,276.73
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine $1,526.40 not published
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CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $156.30 $62.55 – $398.58
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $665.98 $405.22 – $1,508.78
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $781.06 $389.47 – $1,508.78
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $526.54 $218.92 – $1,129.31

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