Bronchoscopy/needle bx each 31629 at CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London
1001 SAINT JOSEPH LANE, London, KY · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1992701429
$1,129.03
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.
$3,164.00
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.
$451.82 with Passport by Molina vs $6,680.16 with CareSource — 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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| Passport by Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $451.82 | ↓ -60% |
| Wellcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $531.56 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Medicaid|Better Health | $664.44 | ↓ -41% |
| Humana | Medicaid|All Plans | $664.44 | ↓ -41% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $677.73 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $697.67 | ↓ -38% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options | $1,930.04 | ↑ +71% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $1,930.04 | ↑ +71% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Pathway | $1,994.00 | ↑ +77% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,278.08 | ↑ +102% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO PPO | $2,356.00 | ↑ +109% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,879.24 | ↑ +155% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $3,340.08 | ↑ +196% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,340.08 | ↑ +196% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $3,340.08 | ↑ +196% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,406.88 | ↑ +202% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,440.28 | ↑ +205% |
| Passport by Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $3,507.08 | ↑ +211% |
| CareSource | Commercial|All Plans | $6,680.16 | ↑ +492% |
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Bronchoscopy/needle bx each 31629 at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea | Berea | $1,387.84 | $794.32 – $2,619.89 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East | Lexington | $254.27 | $154.71 – $576.03 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital | Lexington | $1,490.51 | $743.23 – $2,879.24 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital | Bardstown | $1,395.04 | $580.01 – $2,992.08 |