X-ray sternum > 2 views at CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital
1 Saint Joseph Drive, Lexington, KY · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1437150984
$360.60
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.
$716.00
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.
$54.96 with Humana vs $651.56 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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| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $54.96 | ↓ -85% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $86.51 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $86.51 | ↓ -76% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $86.51 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $89.11 | ↓ -75% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $89.97 | ↓ -75% |
| Passport by Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $90.84 | ↓ -75% |
| Passport by Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $168.19 | ↓ -53% |
| CareSource | Commercial|All Plans | $173.02 | ↓ -52% |
| Humana | Medicaid|All Plans | $189.46 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | Medicaid|Better Health | $193.32 | ↓ -46% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $197.19 | ↓ -45% |
| Wellcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $199.12 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $202.99 | ↓ -44% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $443.92 | ↑ +23% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $451.08 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $451.08 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $451.08 | ↑ +25% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $451.08 | ↑ +25% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $451.08 | ↑ +25% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options | $522.68 | ↑ +45% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $522.68 | ↑ +45% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $522.68 | ↑ +45% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $651.56 | ↑ +81% |
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X-ray sternum > 2 views at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East | Lexington | $287.60 | $54.96 – $651.56 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea | Berea | $316.23 | $89.40 – $294.84 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling | Mt. Sterling | $240.42 | $74.31 – $323.05 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London | London | $223.03 | $54.96 – $466.83 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital | Bardstown | $278.33 | $54.96 – $456.82 |
| Adventhealth Manchester | Manchester | $502.38 | $81.65 – $81.65 |