CT orbit/sella/ or posterior outer inner or middle ear w/contrast 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

$744.32

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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.

$1,580.00

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.

$174.90 with Humana vs $1,437.80 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.

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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
Humana Medicare|All Plans $174.90 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $174.90 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $174.90 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $180.15 ↓ -76%
United Medicare|All Plans $181.90 ↓ -76%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $183.65 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Pathway $340.00 ↓ -54%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $349.80 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO PPO $354.00 ↓ -52%
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $371.15 ↓ -50%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $418.07 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $426.60 ↓ -43%
United Medicaid|All Plans $435.14 ↓ -42%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $439.40 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $447.93 ↓ -40%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $592.22 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $995.40 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $995.40 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $995.40 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $995.40 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $995.40 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,094.00 ↑ +47%
United Commercial|PPO $1,295.60 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,437.80 ↑ +93%

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CT orbit/sella/ or posterior outer inner or middle ear w/contrast at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $634.65 $340.00 – $1,437.80
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $701.39 $401.44 – $1,324.05
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $738.83 $421.95 – $1,834.56
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $944.19 $377.85 – $2,407.86
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $1,104.83 $459.35 – $2,369.64
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $2,551.16 $164.58 – $164.58

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