Drng of finger abscess comp 26011 at Middlesboro ARH Hospital

3600 W Cumberland Avenue, Middlesboro, KY · Arh · · NPI 1891792495

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

$2,068.80

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.

$3,448.00

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.

$633.05 with Aetna Better Health vs $3,103.20 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
Aetna Better Health Medicaid $633.05 ↓ -69%
Passport Molina Medicaid $633.05 ↓ -69%
Humana Choice Care $633.05 ↓ -69%
Anthem Medicaid $633.05 ↓ -69%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid $862.00 ↓ -58%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $1,110.62 ↓ -46%
Humana Medicare $1,110.62 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,110.62 ↓ -46%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,110.62 ↓ -46%
Aetna Medicare $1,110.62 ↓ -46%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $1,110.62 ↓ -46%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $1,110.62 ↓ -46%
CareSoure Kentucky Commercial $2,068.80 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $2,568.76 ↑ +24%
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $2,568.76 ↑ +24%
UMR Commercial $2,568.76 ↑ +24%
Anthem HMO Commercial $2,863.91 ↑ +38%
Anthem Traditional/PPO Commercial $3,014.59 ↑ +46%
Aetna POS Commercial $3,103.20 ↑ +50%
Aetna PPO Commercial $3,103.20 ↑ +50%

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Drng of finger abscess comp 26011 at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $882.65 $505.18 – $1,666.21
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine $3,129.00 not published
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $3,129.00 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $883.22 $504.42 – $2,193.10
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $667.29 $267.04 – $1,701.70
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $820.63 $499.31 – $1,859.13
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $962.43 $479.91 – $1,859.13
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $658.49 $273.78 – $1,412.32

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