Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 hour 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

$218.75

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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.

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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$613.00

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.

$87.54 with Passport by Molina vs $557.83 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 $87.54 ↓ -60%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $102.99 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $128.73 ↓ -41%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $128.73 ↓ -41%
United Medicaid|All Plans $131.31 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $135.17 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $190.87 ↓ -13%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $190.87 ↓ -13%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $190.87 ↓ -13%
United Medicare|All Plans $194.69 ↓ -11%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $196.60 ↓ -10%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $200.41 ↓ -8%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $381.74 ↑ +75%
United Commercial|Non-Options $429.10 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|Options $429.10 ↑ +96%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $441.36 ↑ +102%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $557.83 ↑ +155%

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Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 hour at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $228.50 $130.78 – $431.34
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $189.48 $108.21 – $470.47
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $258.28 $157.15 – $585.13
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $323.83 $151.05 – $585.13
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $636.00 $264.43 – $1,364.09
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $594.31 $199.58 – $199.58

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