Debridement subcutaneous tissue <= 20 sq cm 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

$731.60

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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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$1,553.00

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.

$364.80 with Passport by Molina vs $2,376.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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

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
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $364.80 ↓ -50%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $392.53 ↓ -46%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $392.53 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $392.53 ↓ -46%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $404.31 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $408.23 ↓ -44%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $410.93 ↓ -44%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $412.16 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $419.31 ↓ -43%
United Medicaid|All Plans $427.70 ↓ -42%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $431.89 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $440.28 ↓ -40%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $745.44 ↑ +2%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $785.06 ↑ +7%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $978.39 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $978.39 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $978.39 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $978.39 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $978.39 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|PPO $1,164.75 ↑ +59%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,413.23 ↑ +93%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,923.63 ↑ +163%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Pathway $2,011.00 ↑ +175%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO PPO $2,376.00 ↑ +225%
United Commercial|Non-Options not published by hospital
United Commercial|Options not published by hospital

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Debridement subcutaneous tissue <= 20 sq cm at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $473.98 $288.40 – $1,073.80
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $383.72 $219.62 – $724.36
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $387.01 $221.03 – $960.96
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $420.71 $168.37 – $1,072.89
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $544.78 $226.50 – $1,168.44
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $1,141.80 $381.43 – $381.43

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