Drainage of nose lesion int 30000 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

$372.63

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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.

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$791.00

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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.

$185.81 with Passport by Molina vs $1,538.38 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $185.81 ↓ -50%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $209.30 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $213.57 ↓ -43%
United Medicaid|All Plans $217.85 ↓ -42%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $219.98 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $224.25 ↓ -40%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $228.15 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $228.15 ↓ -39%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $228.15 ↓ -39%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $234.99 ↓ -37%
United Medicare|All Plans $237.28 ↓ -36%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $239.56 ↓ -36%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Pathway $371.77 ↓ -0%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $379.68 ↑ +2%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO PPO $419.23 ↑ +13%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $456.30 ↑ +22%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $498.33 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $498.33 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $498.33 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $498.33 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $498.33 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|PPO $593.25 ↑ +59%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $719.81 ↑ +93%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,538.38 ↑ +313%
United Commercial|Non-Options not published by hospital
United Commercial|Options not published by hospital

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Drainage of nose lesion int 30000 at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $317.73 $193.33 – $719.81
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $205.19 $82.11 – $523.25
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $1,297.74 $222.23 – $222.23

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