Vancomycin 1,000 mg intravenous injection at Middlesboro ARH Hospital
3600 W Cumberland Avenue, Middlesboro, KY · Arh · · NPI 1891792495
$94.20
Cash price 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.
$157.00
Gross charge 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.
$0.04 with Anthem Traditional/PPO vs $50.40 with Aetna POS — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Anthem Traditional/PPO | Commercial | $0.04 | ↓ -100% |
| Anthem HMO | Commercial | $0.04 | ↓ -100% |
| Humana | Choice Care | $10.28 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna Better Health | Medicaid | $10.28 | ↓ -89% |
| Passport Molina | Medicaid | $10.28 | ↓ -89% |
| Anthem | Medicaid | $10.28 | ↓ -89% |
| WellCare of Kentucky | Medicaid | $14.00 | ↓ -85% |
| CareSoure Kentucky | Commercial | $33.60 | ↓ -64% |
| United Healthcare HMO | Commercial | $41.72 | ↓ -56% |
| UMR | Commercial | $41.72 | ↓ -56% |
| United Healthcare PPO | Commercial | $41.72 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna PPO | Commercial | $50.40 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna POS | Commercial | $50.40 | ↓ -46% |
| Optum CCN Region 2 | Veterans Affairs Plan | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | not published by hospital | — |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Medicare | not published by hospital | — |
| Optum CCN Region 1 | Veterans Affairs Plan | not published by hospital | — |
| Humana | Medicare | not published by hospital | — |
| WellCare of Kentucky | Medicare | not published by hospital | — |
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Vancomycin 1,000 mg intravenous injection at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcum Wallace Hospital | Irvine | $958.80 | not published |
| Lourdes Hospital | Paducah | $1,045.50 | not published |
| Whitesburg ARH Hospital | Whitesburg | $94.20 | $0.04 – $0.04 |
| Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center | Williamson | $94.20 | $0.03 – $0.04 |
| Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center | Hazard | $94.20 | $0.04 – $0.04 |
| Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital | Hayden | $94.20 | $0.04 – $0.04 |
| Harlan ARH Hospital | KY 40831 | $94.20 | $0.04 – $0.04 |
| Paintsville ARH Hospital | Paintsville | $94.20 | $0.04 – $0.04 |