Dx bronchoscope/lavage 31624 at CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital
1 Saint Joseph Drive, Lexington, KY · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1437150984
$2,116.21
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.
$4,202.00
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.
$621.79 with Passport by Molina vs $3,388.52 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 | $621.79 | ↓ -71% |
| Humana | Medicaid|All Plans | $700.40 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Medicaid|Better Health | $714.69 | ↓ -66% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $728.99 | ↓ -66% |
| Wellcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $736.14 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $750.43 | ↓ -65% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,392.00 | ↓ -34% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,641.14 | ↓ -22% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,694.26 | ↓ -20% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,694.26 | ↓ -20% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $1,694.26 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,745.09 | ↓ -18% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,762.03 | ↓ -17% |
| Passport by Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,778.97 | ↓ -16% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,827.00 | ↓ -14% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,827.00 | ↓ -14% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,827.00 | ↓ -14% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,827.00 | ↓ -14% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,827.00 | ↓ -14% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $1,932.31 | ↓ -9% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options | $1,932.31 | ↓ -9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Pathway | $2,011.00 | ↓ -5% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $2,175.00 | ↑ +3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO PPO | $2,376.00 | ↑ +12% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,408.77 | ↑ +14% |
| CareSource | Commercial|All Plans | $3,388.52 | ↑ +60% |
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Dx bronchoscope/lavage 31624 at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East | Lexington | $1,687.84 | $646.93 – $2,408.77 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea | Berea | $1,933.52 | $600.92 – $1,981.98 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling | Mt. Sterling | $1,469.96 | $579.56 – $2,519.79 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London | London | $1,424.49 | $416.12 – $2,651.74 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital | Bardstown | $1,701.80 | $488.46 – $2,519.79 |
| Adventhealth Manchester | Manchester | not published | $1,670.06 – $1,670.06 |