X-ray l/s-spine bend vw only 2-3 vw 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

$360.71

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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.

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.

$898.00

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.

$83.53 with Humana vs $817.18 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
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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 $83.53 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $104.48 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $104.48 ↓ -71%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $104.48 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $107.61 ↓ -70%
United Medicare|All Plans $108.66 ↓ -70%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $109.70 ↓ -70%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $208.96 ↓ -42%
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $219.48 ↓ -39%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $228.82 ↓ -37%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $231.15 ↓ -36%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $233.48 ↓ -35%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $238.15 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $245.16 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $565.74 ↑ +57%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $565.74 ↑ +57%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $565.74 ↑ +57%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $574.72 ↑ +59%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $574.72 ↑ +59%
United Commercial|Non-Options $583.70 ↑ +62%
United Commercial|Options PPO $682.48 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $817.18 ↑ +127%

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X-ray l/s-spine bend vw only 2-3 vw at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $452.25 $83.53 – $817.18
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $95.45 $54.63 – $180.18
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $296.12 $169.12 – $735.28
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $75.65 $30.28 – $192.92
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $619.88 $83.53 – $1,329.51
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $1,731.26 $98.09 – $98.09

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