Transfusion blood/blood component(s) 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

$546.60

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.

$911.00

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.

$167.26 with Aetna Better Health vs $819.90 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 $167.26 ↓ -69%
Passport Molina Medicaid $167.26 ↓ -69%
Humana Choice Care $167.26 ↓ -69%
Anthem Medicaid $167.26 ↓ -69%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid $227.75 ↓ -58%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $299.67 ↓ -45%
Humana Medicare $299.67 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Medicare $299.67 ↓ -45%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $299.67 ↓ -45%
Aetna Medicare $299.67 ↓ -45%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $299.67 ↓ -45%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $299.67 ↓ -45%
CareSoure Kentucky Commercial $546.60 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $678.70 ↑ +24%
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $678.70 ↑ +24%
UMR Commercial $678.70 ↑ +24%
Anthem HMO Commercial $756.68 ↑ +38%
Anthem Traditional/PPO Commercial $796.49 ↑ +46%
Aetna POS Commercial $819.90 ↑ +50%
Aetna PPO Commercial $819.90 ↑ +50%

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Transfusion blood/blood component(s) at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $510.50 $292.18 – $963.69
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine $565.20 not published
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $1,458.00 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $388.11 $221.65 – $963.69
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $525.62 $210.35 – $1,340.43
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $591.67 $360.01 – $1,340.43
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $741.83 $346.01 – $1,340.43
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $520.60 $216.45 – $1,116.57

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