Hydromorphone 0.2 mg/ml in 0.9% nacl IV pca opioid naive - 4 hr dose limit (wrapper) at Morgan County ARH Hospital
476 Liberty Road West, Liberty, KY · Arh · · NPI 1356367270
$17.40
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.
$29.00
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.
$0.10 with Anthem HMO vs $24.64 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.
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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| Anthem HMO | Commercial | $0.10 | ↓ -99% |
| Anthem Traditional/PPO | Commercial | $0.10 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna Better Health | Medicaid | $5.88 | ↓ -66% |
| Anthem | Medicaid | $5.88 | ↓ -66% |
| Humana | Medicaid | $5.88 | ↓ -66% |
| Optum CCN Region 2 | Veterans Affairs Plan | $5.94 | ↓ -66% |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | $5.94 | ↓ -66% |
| Optum CCN Region 1 | Veterans Affairs Plan | $5.94 | ↓ -66% |
| Humana | Medicare | $5.94 | ↓ -66% |
| WellCare of Kentucky | Medicare | $5.94 | ↓ -66% |
| WellCare of Kentucky | Medicaid | $5.94 | ↓ -66% |
| Passport Molina | Medicaid | $6.00 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $6.16 | ↓ -65% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $7.28 | ↓ -58% |
| CareSoure Kentucky | Commercial | $18.20 | ↑ +5% |
| United Healthcare PPO | Commercial | $20.94 | ↑ +20% |
| United Healthcare HMO | Commercial | $20.94 | ↑ +20% |
| UMR | Commercial | $20.94 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna POS | Commercial | $24.64 | ↑ +42% |
| Aetna PPO | Commercial | $24.64 | ↑ +42% |
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Hydromorphone 0.2 mg/ml in 0.9% nacl IV pca opioid naive - 4 hr dose limit (wrapper) at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcum Wallace Hospital | Irvine | $467.04 | not published |
| Lourdes Hospital | Paducah | $105.42 | not published |
| Adventhealth Manchester | Manchester | $378.84 | not published |
| Whitesburg ARH Hospital | Whitesburg | $17.40 | $0.10 – $0.10 |
| Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center | Williamson | $17.40 | $0.10 – $0.10 |
| Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center | Hazard | $17.40 | $0.10 – $0.10 |
| Middlesboro ARH Hospital | Middlesboro | $17.40 | $0.10 – $0.10 |
| Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital | Hayden | $17.40 | $0.10 – $0.10 |