Ultrasound guided needle placement supervision & interpretation 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

$393.36

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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.

$835.00

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.

$80.45 with Humana vs $613.34 with Multiplan — 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
Humana Commercial|All Plans $80.45 ↓ -80%
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $158.33 ↓ -60%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $178.35 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $181.98 ↓ -54%
United Medicaid|All Plans $185.62 ↓ -53%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $187.44 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $191.08 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $417.88 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $424.62 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $424.62 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $424.62 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $424.62 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $424.62 ↑ +8%
United Commercial|PPO $492.02 ↑ +25%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $613.34 ↑ +56%

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Ultrasound guided needle placement supervision & interpretation at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $335.40 $80.45 – $613.34
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $421.80 $241.42 – $796.25
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $236.38 $135.00 – $586.95
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $309.02 $80.45 – $788.06
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $463.32 $80.45 – $993.72
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $673.70 not published

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