Head CT scan (with contrast) at CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London
1001 SAINT JOSEPH LANE, London, KY · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1992701429
$1,256.42
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.
$3,521.00
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.
$161.27 with Humana vs $3,204.11 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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| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $161.27 | ↓ -87% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $161.27 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $161.27 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $164.50 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $166.11 | ↓ -87% |
| Passport by Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $169.33 | ↓ -87% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $302.68 | ↓ -76% |
| CareSource | Commercial|All Plans | $322.54 | ↓ -74% |
| Passport by Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $502.80 | ↓ -60% |
| Wellcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $591.53 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Pathway | $692.00 | ↓ -45% |
| Humana | Medicaid|All Plans | $739.41 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Medicaid|Better Health | $739.41 | ↓ -41% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $754.20 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $776.39 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO PPO | $817.00 | ↓ -35% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $1,532.00 | ↑ +22% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options | $1,532.00 | ↑ +22% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,204.11 | ↑ +155% |
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Head CT scan (with contrast) at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea | Berea | $742.85 | $425.17 – $1,402.31 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling | Mt. Sterling | $770.71 | $440.16 – $1,913.73 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East | Lexington | $674.82 | $302.68 – $1,528.80 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital | Lexington | $791.42 | $302.68 – $1,528.80 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital | Bardstown | $725.53 | $301.65 – $1,556.10 |
| Adventhealth Manchester | Manchester | $4,801.52 | $164.58 – $164.58 |