Prq trluml c athrc 1 art&/br 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

$6,722.83

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.

$16,737.00

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.

$4,090.53 with Passport by Molina vs $34,027.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 $4,090.53 ↓ -39%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $4,264.59 ↓ -37%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $4,308.11 ↓ -36%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $4,351.62 ↓ -35%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $4,438.66 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $4,569.21 ↓ -32%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $5,385.62 ↓ -20%
United Commercial|Non-Options $8,368.50 ↑ +24%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $10,544.31 ↑ +57%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $10,544.31 ↑ +57%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $10,544.31 ↑ +57%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $10,711.68 ↑ +59%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $10,711.68 ↑ +59%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $11,141.88 ↑ +66%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $11,141.88 ↑ +66%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11,141.88 ↑ +66%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11,476.14 ↑ +71%
United Medicare|All Plans $11,587.56 ↑ +72%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $11,698.97 ↑ +74%
United Commercial|Options PPO $13,054.86 ↑ +94%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $15,230.67 ↑ +127%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $22,283.76 ↑ +231%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Pathway $28,792.00 ↑ +328%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO PPO $34,027.00 ↑ +406%

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Prq trluml c athrc 1 art&/br at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $7,884.52 $3,931.53 – $15,230.67
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $4,785.88 $1,915.24 – $12,204.92

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