Ghs cricothyroidotomy at CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital
1 Saint Joseph Drive, Lexington, KY · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1437150984
$1,656.80
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$3,517.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$228.15 with Humana vs $2,637.75 with United — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $228.15 | ↓ -86% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $228.15 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $228.15 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $234.99 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $237.28 | ↓ -86% |
| Passport by Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $239.56 | ↓ -86% |
| Passport by Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $327.69 | ↓ -80% |
| Humana | Medicaid|All Plans | $369.12 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Medicaid|Better Health | $376.65 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $384.19 | ↓ -77% |
| Wellcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $387.95 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $395.49 | ↓ -76% |
| CareSource | Commercial|All Plans | $456.30 | ↓ -72% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $864.90 | ↓ -48% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options | $1,018.35 | ↓ -39% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $1,018.35 | ↓ -39% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,074.15 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,074.15 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,102.05 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,102.05 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,102.05 | ↓ -33% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,269.45 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Pathway | $1,652.99 | ↓ -0% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,688.16 | ↑ +2% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO PPO | $1,864.01 | ↑ +13% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $2,637.75 | ↑ +59% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Ghs cricothyroidotomy at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East | Lexington | $751.94 | $457.52 – $1,703.52 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea | Berea | $562.08 | $321.70 – $1,061.06 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling | Mt. Sterling | $1,240.17 | $708.28 – $3,079.44 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London | London | $2,103.19 | $841.67 – $5,363.54 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital | Bardstown | $446.77 | $185.75 – $958.23 |
| Adventhealth Manchester | Manchester | not published | $222.23 – $222.23 |