Acetylcysteine 200 mg/ml (20 %) intravenous solution at CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital

1 Saint Joseph Drive, Lexington, KY · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1437150984

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$100.94

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.

$200.41

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.

$0.64 with BCBS - Anthem vs $166.24 with United — 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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO PPO $0.64 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Pathway $0.64 ↓ -99%
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $42.45 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $47.82 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $48.79 ↓ -52%
United Medicaid|All Plans $49.77 ↓ -51%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $50.25 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $51.23 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $75.89 ↓ -25%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $75.89 ↓ -25%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $75.89 ↓ -25%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $99.38 ↓ -2%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $99.38 ↓ -2%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $108.42 ↑ +7%
United Commercial|Non-Options $131.91 ↑ +31%
United Commercial|Options $131.91 ↑ +31%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $133.72 ↑ +32%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $164.43 ↑ +63%
United Commercial|PPO $166.24 ↑ +65%

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Acetylcysteine 200 mg/ml (20 %) intravenous solution at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $80.50 $0.64 – $164.43
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $96.61 $49.86 – $164.43
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $73.45 $0.64 – $164.43
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $71.52 $0.64 – $164.43
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $85.04 $0.64 – $164.43
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $107.93 not published

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