Drainage of eye at CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital
1 Saint Joseph Drive, Lexington, KY · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1437150984
$1,466.49
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.
$3,113.00
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.
$731.25 with Passport by Molina vs $4,481.54 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.
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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| Passport by Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $731.25 | ↓ -50% |
| Humana | Medicaid|All Plans | $823.70 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Medicaid|Better Health | $840.51 | ↓ -43% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $857.33 | ↓ -42% |
| Wellcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $865.73 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $882.54 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,494.24 | ↑ +2% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,961.19 | ↑ +34% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,961.19 | ↑ +34% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,961.19 | ↑ +34% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,961.19 | ↑ +34% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,961.19 | ↑ +34% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,240.77 | ↑ +53% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $2,240.77 | ↑ +53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $2,240.77 | ↑ +53% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,307.99 | ↑ +57% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,330.40 | ↑ +59% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $2,334.75 | ↑ +59% |
| Passport by Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,352.81 | ↑ +60% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,657.78 | ↑ +81% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,832.83 | ↑ +93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Pathway | $3,212.00 | ↑ +119% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO PPO | $3,796.00 | ↑ +159% |
| CareSource | Commercial|All Plans | $4,481.54 | ↑ +206% |
| United | Commercial|Options | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options | not published by hospital | — |
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Drainage of eye at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East | Lexington | $1,250.42 | $760.82 – $2,832.83 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea | Berea | $1,394.59 | $798.18 – $2,632.63 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital | Bardstown | $827.78 | $344.16 – $1,775.41 |