Perc rf ablate renal tumor 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

$541.75

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.

$1,150.00

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.

$270.14 with Passport by Molina vs $11,464.28 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.

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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 $270.14 ↓ -50%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $304.29 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $310.50 ↓ -43%
United Medicaid|All Plans $316.71 ↓ -42%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $319.82 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $326.03 ↓ -40%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $552.00 ↑ +2%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $724.50 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $724.50 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $724.50 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $724.50 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $724.50 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|PPO $862.50 ↑ +59%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,046.50 ↑ +93%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4,266.22 ↑ +687%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $5,732.14 ↑ +958%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $5,732.14 ↑ +958%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $5,732.14 ↑ +958%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $5,904.10 ↑ +990%
United Medicare|All Plans $5,961.43 ↑ +1000%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $6,018.75 ↑ +1011%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $11,464.28 ↑ +2016%
United Commercial|Non-Options not published by hospital
United Commercial|Options not published by hospital

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Perc rf ablate renal tumor at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester not published $5,672.47 – $5,672.47

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