Bronchoscopy/needle bx each 31629 at CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
150 North Eagle Creek Drive, Lexington, KY · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1447457775
$254.27
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$633.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$154.71 with Passport by Molina vs $7,244.70 with CareSource — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| Passport by Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $154.71 | ↓ -39% |
| Wellcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $161.29 | ↓ -37% |
| Humana | Medicaid|All Plans | $162.94 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Medicaid|Better Health | $164.58 | ↓ -35% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $167.88 | ↓ -34% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $172.81 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options | $316.50 | ↑ +24% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $398.79 | ↑ +57% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $398.79 | ↑ +57% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $398.79 | ↑ +57% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $405.12 | ↑ +59% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $405.12 | ↑ +59% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $493.74 | ↑ +94% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $576.03 | ↑ +127% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,923.63 | ↑ +657% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Pathway | $2,416.00 | ↑ +850% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO PPO | $2,855.00 | ↑ +1023% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,622.35 | ↑ +1325% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $3,622.35 | ↑ +1325% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $3,622.35 | ↑ +1325% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,731.02 | ↑ +1367% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,767.24 | ↑ +1382% |
| Passport by Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $3,803.47 | ↑ +1396% |
| CareSource | Commercial|All Plans | $7,244.70 | ↑ +2749% |
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Bronchoscopy/needle bx each 31629 at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital | Lexington | $1,490.51 | $743.23 – $2,879.24 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea | Berea | $1,387.84 | $794.32 – $2,619.89 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London | London | $1,129.03 | $451.82 – $2,879.24 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital | Bardstown | $1,395.04 | $580.01 – $2,992.08 |