Ins lv lead exist pm/icd 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

$1,478.73

Cash price

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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.

$3,139.00

Gross charge

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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.

$737.36 with Passport by Molina vs $20,563.96 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.

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Payer
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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
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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 $737.36 ↓ -50%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $830.58 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $847.53 ↓ -43%
United Medicaid|All Plans $864.49 ↓ -42%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $872.96 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $889.91 ↓ -40%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,506.72 ↑ +2%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,977.57 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,977.57 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,977.57 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,977.57 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,977.57 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|PPO $2,354.25 ↑ +59%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,856.49 ↑ +93%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $5,385.62 ↑ +264%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $10,281.98 ↑ +595%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $10,281.98 ↑ +595%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $10,281.98 ↑ +595%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $10,590.44 ↑ +616%
United Medicare|All Plans $10,693.26 ↑ +623%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $10,796.08 ↑ +630%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $20,563.96 ↑ +1291%
United Commercial|Non-Options not published by hospital
United Commercial|Options not published by hospital

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Ins lv lead exist pm/icd at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $1,260.86 $767.18 – $2,856.49
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $4,498.63 $1,800.28 – $11,472.37

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