Ghs nerve blk intercostal, ea addtl level at CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital
1 Saint Joseph Drive, Lexington, KY · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1437150984
$1,100.91
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.
$2,186.00
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.
$491.42 with Passport by Molina vs $2,152.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 | $491.42 | ↓ -55% |
| Humana | Medicaid|All Plans | $553.55 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Medicaid|Better Health | $564.84 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $576.14 | ↓ -48% |
| Wellcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $581.79 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $593.09 | ↓ -46% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $874.69 | ↓ -21% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $874.69 | ↓ -21% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $874.69 | ↓ -21% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $900.93 | ↓ -18% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $909.68 | ↓ -17% |
| Passport by Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $918.42 | ↓ -17% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,004.16 | ↓ -9% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,317.96 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,317.96 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,317.96 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,317.96 | ↑ +20% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,317.96 | ↑ +20% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,355.32 | ↑ +23% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $1,569.00 | ↑ +43% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options | $1,595.78 | ↑ +45% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $1,595.78 | ↑ +45% |
| CareSource | Commercial|All Plans | $1,749.38 | ↑ +59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Pathway | $1,821.00 | ↑ +65% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,903.72 | ↑ +73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO PPO | $2,152.00 | ↑ +95% |
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Ghs nerve blk intercostal, ea addtl level at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East | Lexington | $878.07 | $534.26 – $1,989.26 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea | Berea | $1,063.90 | $608.92 – $2,008.37 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling | Mt. Sterling | $808.83 | $461.93 – $2,008.37 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London | London | $772.55 | $309.17 – $1,970.15 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital | Bardstown | $1,217.27 | $506.10 – $2,610.79 |
| Adventhealth Manchester | Manchester | not published | $829.89 – $829.89 |