Spirometry bronchodilation responsiveness pre/post bronchodilator administration 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

$170.54

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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.

$362.00

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.

$85.04 with Passport by Molina vs $611.88 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
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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 $85.04 ↓ -50%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $95.79 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $97.74 ↓ -43%
United Medicaid|All Plans $99.70 ↓ -42%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $100.68 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $102.63 ↓ -40%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $224.44 ↑ +32%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $228.06 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $228.06 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $228.06 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $228.06 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $228.06 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|PPO $264.26 ↑ +55%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $305.94 ↑ +79%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $305.94 ↑ +79%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $305.94 ↑ +79%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $315.12 ↑ +85%
United Medicare|All Plans $318.18 ↑ +87%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $321.24 ↑ +88%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $329.42 ↑ +93%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $611.88 ↑ +259%

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Spirometry bronchodilation responsiveness pre/post bronchodilator administration at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $145.41 $88.48 – $329.42
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $114.25 $65.39 – $215.67
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $331.67 $189.42 – $823.55
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $436.06 $174.51 – $1,112.02
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $73.41 $30.52 – $157.43
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $996.08 $350.13 – $350.13

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