Thoracentesis pleural space needle/catheter aspiration with imaging guidance (both sides) at CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
150 North Eagle Creek Drive, Lexington, KY · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1447457775
$670.80
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.
$1,670.00
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.
$269.33 with Passport by Molina vs $2,584.00 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.
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 | $269.33 | ↓ -60% |
| Wellcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $280.79 | ↓ -58% |
| Humana | Medicaid|All Plans | $283.66 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Medicaid|Better Health | $286.52 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $292.26 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $300.85 | ↓ -55% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options | $551.00 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $607.43 | ↓ -9% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $607.43 | ↓ -9% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $607.43 | ↓ -9% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $625.65 | ↓ -7% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $631.73 | ↓ -6% |
| Passport by Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $637.80 | ↓ -5% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $694.26 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $694.26 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $694.26 | ↑ +3% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $705.28 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $705.28 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $859.56 | ↑ +28% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,002.82 | ↑ +49% |
| CareSource | Commercial|All Plans | $1,214.86 | ↑ +81% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,538.38 | ↑ +129% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Pathway | $2,186.00 | ↑ +226% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO PPO | $2,584.00 | ↑ +285% |
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Thoracentesis pleural space needle/catheter aspiration with imaging guidance (both sides) at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital | Lexington | $841.05 | $286.35 – $1,109.29 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea | Berea | $663.79 | $372.19 – $1,227.59 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling | Mt. Sterling | $531.03 | $221.44 – $962.78 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London | London | $595.92 | $191.50 – $1,220.31 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital | Bardstown | $870.21 | $169.00 – $871.78 |
| Adventhealth Manchester | Manchester | $3,153.94 | $588.59 – $588.59 |