Myelogphy 2/> spine regions 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

$1,171.92

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.

$2,327.00

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.

$172.19 with Humana vs $2,117.57 with Multiplan — 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

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
Humana Commercial|All Plans $172.19 ↓ -85%
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $546.62 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $615.73 ↓ -47%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $628.29 ↓ -46%
United Medicaid|All Plans $640.86 ↓ -45%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $647.14 ↓ -45%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $659.71 ↓ -44%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $776.22 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $776.22 ↓ -34%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $776.22 ↓ -34%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $799.51 ↓ -32%
United Medicare|All Plans $807.27 ↓ -31%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $815.03 ↓ -30%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,442.74 ↑ +23%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,466.01 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,466.01 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,466.01 ↑ +25%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,466.01 ↑ +25%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,466.01 ↑ +25%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $1,552.44 ↑ +32%
United Commercial|PPO $1,698.71 ↑ +45%
United Commercial|Options $1,698.71 ↑ +45%
United Commercial|Non-Options $1,698.71 ↑ +45%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,117.57 ↑ +81%

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Myelogphy 2/> spine regions at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $934.70 $172.19 – $2,117.57
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $810.82 $464.07 – $1,530.62
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $616.42 $352.05 – $1,530.62
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $559.52 $172.19 – $1,426.88
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $713.65 $172.19 – $1,530.62

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