Buprenorphine hydrochloride 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

$38.08

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.

$103.90

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.

$5.08 with BCBS - Anthem vs $88.01 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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO PPO $5.08 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Pathway $5.08 ↓ -87%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $20.25 ↓ -47%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $22.25 ↓ -42%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $22.47 ↓ -41%
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $22.69 ↓ -40%
United Medicaid|All Plans $22.69 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $23.36 ↓ -39%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $47.39 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|Options $48.36 ↑ +27%
United Commercial|Non-Options $48.36 ↑ +27%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $64.80 ↑ +70%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $64.80 ↑ +70%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $64.80 ↑ +70%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $88.01 ↑ +131%

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Buprenorphine hydrochloride at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $50.09 $26.69 – $88.01
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $37.08 $5.08 – $88.01
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $41.74 $5.08 – $88.01
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $52.33 $5.08 – $88.01
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $44.09 $5.08 – $88.01

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