Insert cath pleura with image at CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
150 North Eagle Creek Drive, Lexington, KY · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1447457775
$1,109.43
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.
$2,762.00
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.
$280.09 with Passport by Molina vs $3,052.44 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 | $280.09 | ↓ -75% |
| Wellcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $292.01 | ↓ -74% |
| Humana | Medicaid|All Plans | $294.99 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | Medicaid|Better Health | $297.96 | ↓ -73% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $303.92 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $312.86 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options | $573.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $721.98 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $721.98 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $721.98 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $733.44 | ↓ -34% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $733.44 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $893.88 | ↓ -19% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,042.86 | ↓ -6% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,526.22 | ↑ +38% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $1,526.22 | ↑ +38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,526.22 | ↑ +38% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,538.38 | ↑ +39% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,572.01 | ↑ +42% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,587.27 | ↑ +43% |
| Passport by Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,602.53 | ↑ +44% |
| CareSource | Commercial|All Plans | $3,052.44 | ↑ +175% |
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Insert cath pleura with image at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital | Lexington | $1,391.00 | $269.20 – $1,042.86 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea | Berea | $1,271.18 | $427.10 – $1,408.68 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling | Mt. Sterling | $966.41 | $551.93 – $2,399.67 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London | London | $922.78 | $168.65 – $1,074.71 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital | Bardstown | $1,118.83 | $465.17 – $2,399.67 |
| Adventhealth Manchester | Manchester | not published | $1,477.02 – $1,477.02 |