Removal implant superficial separate procedure 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

$1,042.35

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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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$2,595.00

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.

$634.22 with Passport by Molina vs $3,183.70 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.

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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

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 $634.22 ↓ -39%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $661.21 ↓ -37%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $667.96 ↓ -36%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $674.70 ↓ -35%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $688.20 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $708.44 ↓ -32%
United Commercial|Non-Options $1,297.50 ↑ +24%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,538.38 ↑ +48%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $1,591.85 ↑ +53%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,591.85 ↑ +53%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,591.85 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,634.85 ↑ +57%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,634.85 ↑ +57%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,634.85 ↑ +57%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,639.61 ↑ +57%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,655.52 ↑ +59%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,660.80 ↑ +59%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,660.80 ↑ +59%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,671.44 ↑ +60%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,024.10 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Pathway $2,186.00 ↑ +110%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,361.45 ↑ +127%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO PPO $2,584.00 ↑ +148%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $3,183.70 ↑ +205%

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Removal implant superficial separate procedure at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $1,222.47 $609.57 – $2,361.45
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $953.03 $545.46 – $1,799.07
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $885.48 $368.15 – $1,899.17
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester not published $1,549.68 – $1,549.68

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