Breath test analysis c-14 at CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital
1 Saint Joseph Drive, Lexington, KY · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1437150984
$243.08
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.
$516.00
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.
$94.41 with Aetna vs $469.56 with Multiplan — 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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| Aetna | Medicaid|Better Health | $94.41 | ↓ -61% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $94.41 | ↓ -61% |
| Humana | Medicaid|All Plans | $94.41 | ↓ -61% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $94.41 | ↓ -61% |
| Passport by Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $94.41 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $94.41 | ↓ -61% |
| Wellcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $96.30 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $96.30 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $97.24 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $98.19 | ↓ -60% |
| Passport by Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $99.13 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $99.13 | ↓ -59% |
| CareSource | Commercial|All Plans | $188.82 | ↓ -22% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Pathway | $242.52 | ↓ -0% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO PPO | $273.48 | ↑ +13% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $299.63 | ↑ +23% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $325.08 | ↑ +34% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $325.08 | ↑ +34% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $325.08 | ↑ +34% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $325.08 | ↑ +34% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $325.08 | ↑ +34% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $376.68 | ↑ +55% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $469.56 | ↑ +93% |
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Breath test analysis c-14 at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea | Berea | $276.22 | $94.41 – $521.43 |
| Adventhealth Manchester | Manchester | not published | $94.41 – $94.41 |