Change cystostomy tube simple 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

$252.66

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$629.00

Gross charge

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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.

$153.73 with Passport by Molina vs $1,538.38 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $153.73 ↓ -39%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $160.27 ↓ -37%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $161.91 ↓ -36%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $163.54 ↓ -35%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $166.82 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $171.72 ↓ -32%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $238.95 ↓ -5%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $238.95 ↓ -5%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $238.95 ↓ -5%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $246.12 ↓ -3%
United Medicare|All Plans $248.51 ↓ -2%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $250.90 ↓ -1%
United Commercial|Non-Options $314.50 ↑ +24%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $396.27 ↑ +57%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $396.27 ↑ +57%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $396.27 ↑ +57%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $402.56 ↑ +59%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $402.56 ↑ +59%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $477.90 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|Options PPO $490.62 ↑ +94%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $572.39 ↑ +127%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,538.38 ↑ +509%

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Change cystostomy tube simple at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $296.32 $147.76 – $572.39
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $140.28 $80.29 – $264.81
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $174.82 $99.84 – $434.07
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $190.20 $76.12 – $485.03
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $230.39 $95.79 – $494.13
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $1,176.28 $234.43 – $234.43

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