Esophagoscopy rigid balloon at CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London
1001 SAINT JOSEPH LANE, London, KY · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1992701429
$2,881.45
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.
$8,075.00
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.
$1,153.11 with Passport by Molina vs $7,348.25 with Multiplan — 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 | $1,153.11 | ↓ -60% |
| Wellcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,356.60 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Medicaid|Better Health | $1,695.75 | ↓ -41% |
| Humana | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,695.75 | ↓ -41% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,729.67 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,780.54 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $3,446.60 | ↑ +20% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $3,446.60 | ↑ +20% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,446.60 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,515.53 | ↑ +22% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,550.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Passport by Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $3,618.93 | ↑ +26% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options | $4,925.75 | ↑ +71% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $4,925.75 | ↑ +71% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $5,814.00 | ↑ +102% |
| CareSource | Commercial|All Plans | $6,893.20 | ↑ +139% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,348.25 | ↑ +155% |
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Esophagoscopy rigid balloon at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea | Berea | $3,968.28 | $2,271.21 – $7,491.12 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling | Mt. Sterling | $3,016.87 | $1,722.96 – $7,491.12 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East | Lexington | $3,275.26 | $1,992.84 – $7,420.14 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital | Lexington | $4,106.51 | $1,915.38 – $7,420.14 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital | Bardstown | $3,492.69 | $1,452.13 – $7,491.12 |