X-ray thoracic spine 3 views at CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital
1 Saint Joseph Drive, Lexington, KY · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1437150984
$381.75
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.
$758.00
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.
$67.18 with Humana vs $553.34 with United — 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 | $67.18 | ↓ -82% |
| Passport by Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $73.29 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | Medicaid|All Plans | $82.56 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Medicaid|Better Health | $84.24 | ↓ -78% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $85.93 | ↓ -77% |
| Wellcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $86.77 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $88.46 | ↓ -77% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $104.48 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $104.48 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $104.48 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $107.61 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $108.66 | ↓ -72% |
| Passport by Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $109.70 | ↓ -71% |
| CareSource | Commercial|All Plans | $208.96 | ↓ -45% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $227.76 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options | $227.76 | ↓ -40% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $240.24 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $240.24 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $246.48 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $246.48 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $246.48 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $283.92 | ↓ -26% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $469.96 | ↑ +23% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $553.34 | ↑ +45% |
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X-ray thoracic spine 3 views at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East | Lexington | $304.47 | $67.18 – $689.78 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea | Berea | $293.58 | $112.57 – $371.28 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling | Mt. Sterling | $308.58 | $176.24 – $766.22 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London | London | $78.87 | $31.56 – $201.11 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital | Bardstown | $487.08 | $67.18 – $1,044.68 |
| Adventhealth Manchester | Manchester | $901.70 | $98.09 – $98.09 |