MRI orbit fac&nck w IV cont 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

$1,207.86

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$2,564.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$301.15 with Passport by Molina vs $2,102.48 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 →

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
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $301.15 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $339.22 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $346.14 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $350.87 ↓ -71%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $350.87 ↓ -71%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $350.87 ↓ -71%
United Medicaid|All Plans $353.07 ↓ -71%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $356.53 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $361.40 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $363.45 ↓ -70%
United Medicare|All Plans $364.90 ↓ -70%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $368.41 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Pathway $567.00 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO PPO $590.00 ↓ -51%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $701.74 ↓ -42%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $739.98 ↓ -39%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $987.14 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $987.14 ↓ -18%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,012.78 ↓ -16%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,012.78 ↓ -16%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,012.78 ↓ -16%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,166.62 ↓ -3%
United Commercial|Non-Options $1,593.00 ↑ +32%
United Commercial|Options $1,593.00 ↑ +32%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,610.00 ↑ +33%
United Commercial|PPO $2,102.48 ↑ +74%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

MRI orbit fac&nck w IV cont at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $980.09 $567.00 – $2,220.40
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $990.63 $566.98 – $1,870.05
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $937.46 $535.39 – $2,327.78
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $1,038.40 $415.55 – $2,648.10
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester not published $327.35 – $327.35

All Kentucky hospitals for this procedure →