Vancomycin 1,000 mg intravenous injection 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

$94.20

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.

$157.00

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.

$0.04 with Anthem HMO vs $49.28 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 $0.04 ↓ -100%
Anthem Traditional/PPO Commercial $0.04 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid $11.76 ↓ -88%
Anthem Medicaid $11.76 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicaid $11.76 ↓ -88%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $11.88 ↓ -87%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $11.88 ↓ -87%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $11.88 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare $11.88 ↓ -87%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $11.88 ↓ -87%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid $11.88 ↓ -87%
Passport Molina Medicaid $12.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare $12.32 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare $14.56 ↓ -85%
CareSoure Kentucky Commercial $36.40 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $41.89 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $41.89 ↓ -56%
UMR Commercial $41.89 ↓ -56%
Aetna POS Commercial $49.28 ↓ -48%
Aetna PPO Commercial $49.28 ↓ -48%

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Vancomycin 1,000 mg intravenous injection at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine $958.80 not published
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $1,045.50 not published
Whitesburg ARH Hospital Whitesburg $94.20 $0.04 – $0.04
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center Williamson $94.20 $0.03 – $0.04
Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center Hazard $94.20 $0.04 – $0.04
Middlesboro ARH Hospital Middlesboro $94.20 $0.04 – $0.04
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital Hayden $94.20 $0.04 – $0.04
Harlan ARH Hospital KY 40831 $94.20 $0.04 – $0.04

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