Myelography l-s spine at CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital
1 Saint Joseph Drive, Lexington, KY · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1437150984
$1,114.01
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.
$2,212.00
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.
$145.69 with Humana vs $1,614.76 with United — 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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| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $145.69 | ↓ -87% |
| Passport by Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $342.96 | ↓ -69% |
| Humana | Medicaid|All Plans | $386.32 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Medicaid|Better Health | $394.20 | ↓ -65% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $402.09 | ↓ -64% |
| Wellcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $406.03 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $413.91 | ↓ -63% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $776.22 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $776.22 | ↓ -30% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $776.22 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $799.51 | ↓ -28% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $807.27 | ↓ -28% |
| Passport by Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $815.03 | ↓ -27% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $905.20 | ↓ -19% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $919.80 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $919.80 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $919.80 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $919.80 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $919.80 | ↓ -17% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $1,065.80 | ↓ -4% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,328.60 | ↑ +19% |
| CareSource | Commercial|All Plans | $1,552.44 | ↑ +39% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $1,614.76 | ↑ +45% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options | $1,614.76 | ↑ +45% |
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Myelography l-s spine at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East | Lexington | $888.51 | $145.69 – $2,012.92 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea | Berea | $925.07 | $529.46 – $1,746.29 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling | Mt. Sterling | $703.28 | $401.65 – $1,746.29 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London | London | $671.93 | $145.69 – $1,713.53 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital | Bardstown | $1,047.55 | $145.69 – $2,246.79 |