IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis initial up to 1 hour 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

$318.60

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.

$531.00

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.

$49.94 with Aetna Better Health vs $244.80 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 $49.94 ↓ -84%
Passport Molina Medicaid $49.94 ↓ -84%
Humana Choice Care $49.94 ↓ -84%
Anthem Medicaid $49.94 ↓ -84%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid $68.00 ↓ -79%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $144.42 ↓ -55%
Humana Medicare $144.42 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Medicare $144.42 ↓ -55%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $144.42 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicare $144.42 ↓ -55%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $144.42 ↓ -55%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $144.42 ↓ -55%
CareSoure Kentucky Commercial $163.20 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $202.64 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $202.64 ↓ -36%
UMR Commercial $202.64 ↓ -36%
Anthem HMO Commercial $225.92 ↓ -29%
Anthem Traditional/PPO Commercial $237.81 ↓ -25%
Aetna POS Commercial $244.80 ↓ -23%
Aetna PPO Commercial $244.80 ↓ -23%

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CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $235.73 $134.92 – $444.99
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CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $282.65 $140.94 – $546.00
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $450.17 $187.17 – $965.51

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