Nm imaging pulmonary ventilation/perfusion 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

$776.82

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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.

$1,649.00

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.

$387.36 with Passport by Molina vs $1,500.59 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $387.36 ↓ -50%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $436.33 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $445.23 ↓ -43%
United Medicaid|All Plans $454.14 ↓ -42%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $458.59 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $467.50 ↓ -40%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $528.84 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $528.84 ↓ -32%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $528.84 ↓ -32%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $544.71 ↓ -30%
United Medicare|All Plans $549.99 ↓ -29%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $555.28 ↓ -29%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $843.78 ↑ +9%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,038.87 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,038.87 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,038.87 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,038.87 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,038.87 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,055.36 ↑ +36%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $1,057.68 ↑ +36%
United Commercial|PPO $1,236.75 ↑ +59%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,500.59 ↑ +93%

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Nm imaging pulmonary ventilation/perfusion at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $662.37 $403.02 – $1,500.59
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $795.39 $455.24 – $1,501.50
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $955.79 $545.86 – $2,373.28
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $642.31 $257.04 – $1,638.00
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $596.97 $248.20 – $1,280.37
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $2,045.06 $509.46 – $509.46

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