X-ray elbow >= 3 views (both sides) 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

$273.95

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$682.00

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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.

$64.15 with Humana vs $620.62 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
Humana Commercial|All Plans $64.15 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $86.51 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $86.51 ↓ -68%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $86.51 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $89.11 ↓ -67%
United Medicare|All Plans $89.97 ↓ -67%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $90.84 ↓ -67%
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $166.69 ↓ -39%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $173.02 ↓ -37%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $173.78 ↓ -37%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $175.55 ↓ -36%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $177.32 ↓ -35%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $180.87 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $186.19 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $429.66 ↑ +57%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $429.66 ↑ +57%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $429.66 ↑ +57%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $436.48 ↑ +59%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $436.48 ↑ +59%
United Commercial|Non-Options $443.30 ↑ +62%
United Commercial|Options PPO $518.32 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $620.62 ↑ +127%

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X-ray elbow >= 3 views (both sides) at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $343.47 $64.15 – $620.62
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $128.23 $73.39 – $242.06
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $192.04 $109.68 – $476.84
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $312.59 $64.15 – $797.16
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $433.62 $64.15 – $930.02
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $767.76 $81.65 – $81.65

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