Drainage of arm bursa 23931 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

$1,257.33

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.

$2,669.00

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.

$626.95 with Passport by Molina vs $3,183.70 with CareSource — 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
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $626.95 ↓ -50%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $706.22 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $720.63 ↓ -43%
United Medicaid|All Plans $735.05 ↓ -42%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $742.25 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $756.67 ↓ -40%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,281.12 ↑ +2%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,591.85 ↑ +27%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,591.85 ↑ +27%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $1,591.85 ↑ +27%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,639.61 ↑ +30%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,655.52 ↑ +32%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,671.44 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,681.47 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,681.47 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,681.47 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,681.47 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,681.47 ↑ +34%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,923.63 ↑ +53%
United Commercial|PPO $2,001.75 ↑ +59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Pathway $2,011.00 ↑ +60%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO PPO $2,376.00 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,428.79 ↑ +93%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $3,183.70 ↑ +153%
United Commercial|Options not published by hospital
United Commercial|Non-Options not published by hospital

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Drainage of arm bursa 23931 at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $1,072.07 $652.31 – $2,428.79
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $791.54 $453.03 – $1,494.22
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $583.08 $333.00 – $1,447.81
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $915.64 $366.43 – $2,335.06
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $478.17 $198.81 – $1,025.57
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $8,856.88 $1,549.68 – $1,549.68

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