MRA abdomen post 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

$2,290.20

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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.

$3,817.00

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.

$760.00 with Anthem HMO vs $3,358.96 with Aetna PPO — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $760.00 ↓ -67%
Anthem Traditional/PPO Commercial $760.00 ↓ -67%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid $801.57 ↓ -65%
Anthem Medicaid $801.57 ↓ -65%
Humana Medicaid $801.57 ↓ -65%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $809.59 ↓ -65%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $809.59 ↓ -65%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $809.59 ↓ -65%
Humana Medicare $809.59 ↓ -65%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $809.59 ↓ -65%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid $809.59 ↓ -65%
Passport Molina Medicaid $817.60 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medicare $839.74 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Medicare $992.42 ↓ -57%
CareSoure Kentucky Commercial $2,481.05 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $2,855.12 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $2,855.12 ↑ +25%
UMR Commercial $2,855.12 ↑ +25%
Aetna POS Commercial $3,358.96 ↑ +47%
Aetna PPO Commercial $3,358.96 ↑ +47%

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MRA abdomen post contrast at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $754.90 $432.06 – $1,425.06
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $973.01 $555.70 – $2,416.05
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $674.07 $269.75 – $1,718.99
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $2,258.88 $900.01 – $4,844.84
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center Williamson $2,233.80 $760.00 – $760.00
Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center Hazard $2,562.00 $760.00 – $760.00
Middlesboro ARH Hospital Middlesboro $2,250.00 $760.00 – $760.00
GREENVIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL BOWLING GREEN not published $214.94 – $672.82

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