Pr incision & drainage abscess vulva/perineal 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

$399.48

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.

$848.00

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.

$199.20 with Passport by Molina vs $2,152.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 $199.20 ↓ -50%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $224.39 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $228.96 ↓ -43%
United Medicaid|All Plans $233.54 ↓ -42%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $235.83 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $240.41 ↓ -40%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $298.86 ↓ -25%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $298.86 ↓ -25%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $298.86 ↓ -25%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $307.83 ↓ -23%
United Medicare|All Plans $310.81 ↓ -22%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $313.80 ↓ -21%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $407.04 ↑ +2%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $534.24 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $534.24 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $534.24 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $534.24 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $534.24 ↑ +34%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $597.72 ↑ +50%
United Commercial|PPO $636.00 ↑ +59%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $771.68 ↑ +93%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,538.38 ↑ +285%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Pathway $1,821.00 ↑ +356%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO PPO $2,152.00 ↑ +439%
United Commercial|Non-Options not published by hospital
United Commercial|Options not published by hospital

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Pr incision & drainage abscess vulva/perineal at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $340.63 $207.26 – $771.68
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $240.55 $137.68 – $454.09
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $225.39 $128.72 – $559.65
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $199.12 $79.69 – $507.78
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $204.08 $84.85 – $437.71
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester not published $285.93 – $285.93

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