Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East

150 North Eagle Creek Drive, Lexington, KY · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1447457775

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$1,070.87

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.

$2,666.00

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.

$651.58 with Passport by Molina vs $2,584.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $651.58 ↓ -39%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $679.30 ↓ -37%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $686.23 ↓ -36%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $693.16 ↓ -35%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $707.03 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $727.82 ↓ -32%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $921.13 ↓ -14%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $921.13 ↓ -14%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $921.13 ↓ -14%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $948.76 ↓ -11%
United Medicare|All Plans $957.98 ↓ -11%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $967.19 ↓ -10%
United Commercial|Non-Options $1,333.00 ↑ +24%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,538.38 ↑ +44%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,679.58 ↑ +57%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,679.58 ↑ +57%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,679.58 ↑ +57%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,706.24 ↑ +59%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,706.24 ↑ +59%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $1,842.26 ↑ +72%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,079.48 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Pathway $2,186.00 ↑ +104%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,426.06 ↑ +127%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO PPO $2,584.00 ↑ +141%

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Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $1,388.29 $315.01 – $1,220.31
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $352.87 $201.96 – $666.12
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $1,062.80 $606.97 – $2,639.00
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $707.25 $283.03 – $1,803.62
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $1,106.95 $460.23 – $2,374.19
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $2,191.57 $851.02 – $851.02

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