X-ray ribs w/posterior anterior chest 3 views left 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

$345.99

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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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$687.00

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.

$65.18 with Humana vs $625.17 with Multiplan — 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

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 $65.18 ↓ -81%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $104.48 ↓ -70%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $104.48 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $104.48 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $107.61 ↓ -69%
United Medicare|All Plans $108.66 ↓ -69%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $109.70 ↓ -68%
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $161.38 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $181.79 ↓ -47%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $185.49 ↓ -46%
United Medicaid|All Plans $189.20 ↓ -45%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $191.06 ↓ -45%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $194.77 ↓ -44%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $208.96 ↓ -40%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $425.94 ↑ +23%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $432.81 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $432.81 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $432.81 ↑ +25%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $432.81 ↑ +25%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $432.81 ↑ +25%
United Commercial|Non-Options $501.51 ↑ +45%
United Commercial|PPO $501.51 ↑ +45%
United Commercial|Options $501.51 ↑ +45%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $625.17 ↑ +81%

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X-ray ribs w/posterior anterior chest 3 views left at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $275.96 $65.18 – $625.17
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $293.58 $168.03 – $554.19
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $367.22 $209.72 – $911.82
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $293.32 $65.18 – $748.02
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $596.97 $65.18 – $1,280.37
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $891.41 $98.09 – $98.09

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