Dx bronchoscope/brush 31623 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

$1,710.34

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.

$4,258.00

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.

$1,040.66 with Passport by Molina vs $3,874.78 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
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $1,040.66 ↓ -39%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $1,084.94 ↓ -37%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $1,096.01 ↓ -36%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $1,107.08 ↓ -35%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $1,129.23 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,162.44 ↓ -32%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,694.26 ↓ -1%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,694.26 ↓ -1%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $1,694.26 ↓ -1%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,745.09 ↑ +2%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,762.03 ↑ +3%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,778.97 ↑ +4%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,923.63 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|Non-Options $2,129.00 ↑ +24%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Pathway $2,416.00 ↑ +41%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2,682.54 ↑ +57%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,682.54 ↑ +57%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,682.54 ↑ +57%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,725.12 ↑ +59%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,725.12 ↑ +59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO PPO $2,855.00 ↑ +67%
United Commercial|Options PPO $3,321.24 ↑ +94%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $3,388.52 ↑ +98%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $3,874.78 ↑ +127%

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Dx bronchoscope/brush 31623 at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $2,144.41 $1,000.21 – $3,874.78
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $1,933.52 $1,106.64 – $3,650.01
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $1,469.96 $839.51 – $3,650.01
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $1,363.12 $545.50 – $3,476.20
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $1,701.80 $707.55 – $3,650.01
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester not published $1,670.06 – $1,670.06

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