Chest CT scan (with contrast) at ARH Our Lady of the Way Hospital

11203 Main Street, Martin, KY · Arh · · NPI 1306339460

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$2,422.80

Cash price

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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.

$4,038.00

Gross charge

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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.

$542.00 with Anthem Traditional/PPO vs $3,553.44 with Aetna PPO — 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.

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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
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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
Anthem Traditional/PPO Commercial $542.00 ↓ -78%
Anthem HMO Commercial $542.00 ↓ -78%
Anthem Medicaid $807.60 ↓ -67%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $807.60 ↓ -67%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid $807.60 ↓ -67%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $807.60 ↓ -67%
Humana Medicaid $807.60 ↓ -67%
Humana Medicare $807.60 ↓ -67%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $807.60 ↓ -67%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $807.60 ↓ -67%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid $815.68 ↓ -66%
Passport Molina Medicaid $823.75 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare $1,049.88 ↓ -57%
CareSoure Kentucky Commercial $2,624.70 ↑ +8%
Aetna POS Commercial $3,553.44 ↑ +47%
Aetna PPO Commercial $3,553.44 ↑ +47%

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Chest CT scan (with contrast) at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $755.87 $432.62 – $1,426.88
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine $1,252.20 not published
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $1,927.20 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $782.44 $446.86 – $1,942.85
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $1,193.26 $477.53 – $3,043.04
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $931.49 $340.00 – $2,110.29
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $1,120.71 $340.00 – $1,677.13
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $961.00 $399.55 – $2,061.15

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