X-ray femur >=2 views (both sides) 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

$496.06

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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.

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$1,053.00

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.

$66.19 with Humana vs $767.13 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

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 $66.19 ↓ -87%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $86.51 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $86.51 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $86.51 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $89.11 ↓ -82%
United Medicare|All Plans $89.97 ↓ -82%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $90.84 ↓ -82%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $173.02 ↓ -65%
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $198.03 ↓ -60%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $223.06 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $227.61 ↓ -54%
United Medicaid|All Plans $232.17 ↓ -53%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $234.44 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $239.00 ↓ -52%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $522.66 ↑ +5%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $531.09 ↑ +7%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $531.09 ↑ +7%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $531.09 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $531.09 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $531.09 ↑ +7%
United Commercial|Non-Options $615.39 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|Options $615.39 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|PPO $615.39 ↑ +24%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $767.13 ↑ +55%

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X-ray femur >=2 views (both sides) at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $422.97 $66.19 – $767.13
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $407.34 $110.09 – $363.09
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $425.12 $74.10 – $322.14
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $349.70 $66.19 – $698.88
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $492.17 $66.19 – $693.42
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $559.05 $81.65 – $81.65

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