Alprostadil for injection at CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital
1 Saint Joseph Drive, Lexington, KY · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1437150984
$220.34
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.
$437.51
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.
$4.53 with BCBS - Anthem vs $402.51 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.
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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| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO PPO | $4.53 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Pathway | $4.53 | ↓ -98% |
| Passport by Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $102.78 | ↓ -53% |
| Humana | Medicaid|All Plans | $115.77 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | Medicaid|Better Health | $118.13 | ↓ -46% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $120.50 | ↓ -45% |
| Wellcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $121.68 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $124.04 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $183.76 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $183.76 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $183.76 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $240.64 | ↑ +9% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $240.64 | ↑ +9% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $262.51 | ↑ +19% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options | $319.39 | ↑ +45% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $319.39 | ↑ +45% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $323.76 | ↑ +47% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $398.14 | ↑ +81% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $402.51 | ↑ +83% |
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Alprostadil for injection at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East | Lexington | $175.74 | $4.53 – $398.14 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea | Berea | $210.91 | $120.71 – $398.14 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling | Mt. Sterling | $160.34 | $4.53 – $398.14 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London | London | $156.12 | $4.53 – $398.14 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital | Bardstown | $185.63 | $4.53 – $398.14 |