Pr biopsy skin punch single lesion 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

$245.27

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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.

$487.00

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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.

$114.40 with Passport by Molina vs $785.06 with CareSource — 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

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
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $114.40 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $128.87 ↓ -47%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $131.49 ↓ -46%
United Medicaid|All Plans $134.12 ↓ -45%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $135.44 ↓ -45%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $138.07 ↓ -44%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $233.76 ↓ -5%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $301.94 ↑ +23%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $306.81 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $306.81 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $306.81 ↑ +25%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $306.81 ↑ +25%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $306.81 ↑ +25%
United Commercial|Options $355.51 ↑ +45%
United Commercial|Non-Options $355.51 ↑ +45%
United Commercial|PPO $365.25 ↑ +49%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $392.53 ↑ +60%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $392.53 ↑ +60%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $392.53 ↑ +60%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $404.31 ↑ +65%
United Medicare|All Plans $408.23 ↑ +66%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $412.16 ↑ +68%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $443.17 ↑ +81%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $785.06 ↑ +220%

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Pr biopsy skin punch single lesion at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $195.62 $119.03 – $443.17
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $234.77 $134.37 – $443.17
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $179.95 $101.93 – $443.17
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $173.78 $69.55 – $443.17
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $206.63 $85.91 – $443.17
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester not published $381.43 – $381.43

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