CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (with 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

$4,045.20

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$6,742.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$542.00 with Anthem HMO vs $5,932.96 with Aetna PPO — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Anthem HMO Commercial $542.00 ↓ -87%
Anthem Traditional/PPO Commercial $542.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid $1,415.82 ↓ -65%
Anthem Medicaid $1,415.82 ↓ -65%
Humana Medicaid $1,415.82 ↓ -65%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $1,429.98 ↓ -65%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,429.98 ↓ -65%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $1,429.98 ↓ -65%
Humana Medicare $1,429.98 ↓ -65%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $1,429.98 ↓ -65%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid $1,429.98 ↓ -65%
Passport Molina Medicaid $1,444.14 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medicare $1,483.24 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,752.92 ↓ -57%
CareSoure Kentucky Commercial $4,382.30 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $5,043.02 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $5,043.02 ↑ +25%
UMR Commercial $5,043.02 ↑ +25%
Aetna POS Commercial $5,932.96 ↑ +47%
Aetna PPO Commercial $5,932.96 ↑ +47%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (with contrast) at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $954.47 $546.29 – $1,801.80
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine $2,505.60 not published
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $3,876.60 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $1,665.29 $738.00 – $4,135.04
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $2,552.45 $630.96 – $6,509.23
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $1,606.70 $340.00 – $3,640.00
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $1,884.34 $340.00 – $3,640.00
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $1,780.71 $630.96 – $3,819.27

All Kentucky hospitals for this procedure →