Whole blood or red blood cells frozen/deglycerolized/washed leukocytes reduced each unit at CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital
1 Saint Joseph Drive, Lexington, KY · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1437150984
$404.67
Cash price 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.
$859.00
Gross charge 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.
$201.78 with Passport by Molina vs $781.69 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Passport by Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $201.78 | ↓ -50% |
| Humana | Medicaid|All Plans | $227.30 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Medicaid|Better Health | $231.93 | ↓ -43% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $236.57 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $238.19 | ↓ -41% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $238.19 | ↓ -41% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $238.19 | ↓ -41% |
| Wellcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $238.89 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $243.53 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $245.34 | ↓ -39% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $247.72 | ↓ -39% |
| Passport by Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $250.10 | ↓ -38% |
| CareSource | Commercial|All Plans | $476.38 | ↑ +18% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $532.58 | ↑ +32% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $541.17 | ↑ +34% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $541.17 | ↑ +34% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $541.17 | ↑ +34% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $541.17 | ↑ +34% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $541.17 | ↑ +34% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $627.07 | ↑ +55% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $781.69 | ↑ +93% |
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Whole blood or red blood cells frozen/deglycerolized/washed leukocytes reduced each unit at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East | Lexington | $345.04 | $209.94 – $781.69 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea | Berea | $356.24 | $203.90 – $672.49 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling | Mt. Sterling | $300.52 | $171.63 – $746.20 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London | London | $286.90 | $114.82 – $731.64 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital | Bardstown | $330.10 | $137.24 – $707.98 |