Diagnostic laryngoscopy 31505 at CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London

1001 SAINT JOSEPH LANE, London, KY · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1992701429

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$164.15

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$460.00

Gross charge

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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.

$65.69 with Passport by Molina vs $418.60 with Multiplan — 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

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
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $65.69 ↓ -60%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $77.28 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $96.60 ↓ -41%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $96.60 ↓ -41%
United Medicaid|All Plans $98.54 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $101.43 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $175.88 ↑ +7%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $175.88 ↑ +7%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $175.88 ↑ +7%
United Medicare|All Plans $179.40 ↑ +9%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $181.16 ↑ +10%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $184.67 ↑ +13%
United Commercial|Non-Options $280.60 ↑ +71%
United Commercial|Options $280.60 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $331.20 ↑ +102%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $351.76 ↑ +114%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $418.60 ↑ +155%

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Diagnostic laryngoscopy 31505 at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $302.25 $172.99 – $570.57
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $138.53 $79.12 – $343.98
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $656.74 $399.60 – $1,487.85
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $770.23 $384.07 – $1,487.85
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $134.08 $55.75 – $287.56

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