Bronch thermoplsty 1 lobe at CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling

225 FALCON DR, Mt. Sterling, KY · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1679679146

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$5,721.50

Cash price

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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.

$15,612.00

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.

$3,267.60 with Wellcare vs $14,206.92 with Multiplan — 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
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $3,267.60 ↓ -43%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $3,590.76 ↓ -37%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $3,626.67 ↓ -37%
United Medicaid|All Plans $3,662.58 ↓ -36%
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $3,662.58 ↓ -36%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $3,770.30 ↓ -34%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $6,244.80 ↑ +9%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $6,508.78 ↑ +14%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $6,508.78 ↑ +14%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $6,508.78 ↑ +14%
United Medicare|All Plans $6,638.96 ↑ +16%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $6,704.04 ↑ +17%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $6,834.22 ↑ +19%
United Commercial|Non-Options $7,962.12 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Options $7,962.12 ↑ +39%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $10,460.04 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $10,460.04 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $10,460.04 ↑ +83%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $13,017.56 ↑ +128%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $14,206.92 ↑ +148%

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Bronch thermoplsty 1 lobe at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $7,525.84 $4,307.36 – $14,206.92
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $5,464.94 $2,186.99 – $13,936.65
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $6,211.50 $3,779.41 – $14,072.24
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $7,284.83 $3,632.50 – $14,072.24
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $6,623.88 $2,753.96 – $14,206.92

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