Rmvl sq defib electrode 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

$2,961.15

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.

$7,372.00

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.

$1,801.72 with Passport by Molina vs $7,151.08 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
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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 $1,801.72 ↓ -39%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $1,878.39 ↓ -37%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $1,897.56 ↓ -36%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $1,916.72 ↓ -35%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $1,955.06 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $2,012.56 ↓ -32%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,657.78 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $3,575.54 ↑ +21%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $3,575.54 ↑ +21%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,575.54 ↑ +21%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3,682.81 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|Non-Options $3,686.00 ↑ +24%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,718.56 ↑ +26%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $3,754.32 ↑ +27%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,644.36 ↑ +57%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,644.36 ↑ +57%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,644.36 ↑ +57%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $4,718.08 ↑ +59%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,718.08 ↑ +59%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5,750.16 ↑ +94%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $6,708.52 ↑ +127%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $7,151.08 ↑ +141%

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Rmvl sq defib electrode at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $3,472.83 $1,731.69 – $6,708.52
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $2,822.22 $1,129.41 – $7,197.19

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