CT neck soft tissue without contrast at Morgan County ARH Hospital

476 Liberty Road West, Liberty, KY · Arh · · NPI 1356367270

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$1,558.20

Cash price

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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.

$2,597.00

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.

$542.00 with Anthem HMO vs $2,285.36 with Aetna PPO — 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
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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
Anthem HMO Commercial $542.00 ↓ -65%
Anthem Traditional/PPO Commercial $542.00 ↓ -65%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid $545.37 ↓ -65%
Anthem Medicaid $545.37 ↓ -65%
Humana Medicaid $545.37 ↓ -65%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $550.82 ↓ -65%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $550.82 ↓ -65%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $550.82 ↓ -65%
Humana Medicare $550.82 ↓ -65%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $550.82 ↓ -65%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid $550.82 ↓ -65%
Passport Molina Medicaid $556.28 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medicare $571.34 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Medicare $675.22 ↓ -57%
CareSoure Kentucky Commercial $1,688.05 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $1,942.56 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $1,942.56 ↑ +25%
UMR Commercial $1,942.56 ↑ +25%
Aetna POS Commercial $2,285.36 ↑ +47%
Aetna PPO Commercial $2,285.36 ↑ +47%

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CT neck soft tissue without contrast at other Kentucky hospitals

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CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $421.32 $241.14 – $795.34
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine $1,294.20 not published
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CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $988.44 $368.95 – $2,520.70
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $1,057.21 $340.00 – $2,395.12
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $1,239.90 $340.00 – $2,395.12
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $829.05 $344.69 – $1,778.14

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