Culture fungi other (except blood) 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

$69.09

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.

$172.00

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.

$7.14 with BCBS - Anthem vs $156.52 with Multiplan — 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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Pathway $7.14 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO PPO $7.14 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $8.41 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $8.41 ↓ -88%
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $8.41 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|Non-Options $8.41 ↓ -88%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $8.41 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $8.41 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $8.41 ↓ -88%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $8.58 ↓ -88%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $8.58 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $8.66 ↓ -87%
United Medicare|All Plans $8.75 ↓ -87%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $8.83 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $8.83 ↓ -87%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $16.82 ↓ -76%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $37.38 ↓ -46%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $108.36 ↑ +57%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $108.36 ↑ +57%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $108.36 ↑ +57%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $110.08 ↑ +59%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $110.08 ↑ +59%
United Commercial|Options PPO $130.72 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $156.52 ↑ +127%

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Culture fungi other (except blood) at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $81.03 $7.14 – $156.52
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $90.15 $7.14 – $170.17
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $74.03 $7.14 – $183.82
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $71.37 $7.14 – $182.00
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $84.86 $7.14 – $182.00
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $228.13 $8.41 – $8.41

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