Cytopathology cellular enhancement technique non-gyn 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

$95.20

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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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$237.00

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.

$24.17 with BCBS - Anthem vs $215.67 with Multiplan — 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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO PPO $24.17 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Pathway $24.17 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|Non-Options $51.63 ↓ -46%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $52.49 ↓ -45%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $52.49 ↓ -45%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $52.49 ↓ -45%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $54.06 ↓ -43%
United Medicare|All Plans $54.59 ↓ -43%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $55.11 ↓ -42%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $87.65 ↓ -8%
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $87.65 ↓ -8%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $87.65 ↓ -8%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $89.40 ↓ -6%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $89.40 ↓ -6%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $92.03 ↓ -3%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $104.98 ↑ +10%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $113.07 ↑ +19%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $149.31 ↑ +57%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $149.31 ↑ +57%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $149.31 ↑ +57%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $151.68 ↑ +59%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $151.68 ↑ +59%
United Commercial|Options PPO $180.12 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $215.67 ↑ +127%

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Cytopathology cellular enhancement technique non-gyn at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $111.65 $24.17 – $215.67
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $90.63 $24.17 – $171.08
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $59.01 $24.17 – $146.51
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $66.38 $24.17 – $169.26
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $74.25 $24.17 – $159.25
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $642.68 $48.90 – $87.65

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