Low frequency non-thermal Ultrasound at CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital
1 Saint Joseph Drive, Lexington, KY · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1437150984
$248.74
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.
$528.00
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.
$88.09 with Passport by Molina vs $390.44 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 | $88.09 | ↓ -65% |
| Humana | Medicaid|All Plans | $99.23 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Medicaid|Better Health | $101.25 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $103.28 | ↓ -58% |
| Wellcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $104.29 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $106.32 | ↓ -57% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $195.22 | ↓ -22% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $195.22 | ↓ -22% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $195.22 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $201.08 | ↓ -19% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $203.03 | ↓ -18% |
| Passport by Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $204.98 | ↓ -18% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $232.50 | ↓ -7% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $273.75 | ↑ +10% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options | $273.75 | ↑ +10% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $288.75 | ↑ +16% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $288.75 | ↑ +16% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $296.25 | ↑ +19% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $296.25 | ↑ +19% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $296.25 | ↑ +19% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $327.36 | ↑ +32% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $341.25 | ↑ +37% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $385.44 | ↑ +55% |
| CareSource | Commercial|All Plans | $390.44 | ↑ +57% |
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Low frequency non-thermal Ultrasound at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East | Lexington | $212.09 | $129.05 – $480.48 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea | Berea | $254.53 | $145.68 – $480.48 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling | Mt. Sterling | $193.51 | $110.52 – $480.48 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London | London | $188.41 | $75.40 – $480.48 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital | Bardstown | $224.03 | $93.14 – $480.48 |
| Adventhealth Manchester | Manchester | not published | $188.25 – $188.25 |