CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (with and without contrast) 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

$1,965.07

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.

$5,362.00

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.

$335.79 with Humana vs $4,879.42 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

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
Humana Medicare|All Plans $335.79 ↓ -83%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $335.79 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $335.79 ↓ -83%
United Medicare|All Plans $342.51 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $345.86 ↓ -82%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $352.58 ↓ -82%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $671.58 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Pathway $738.00 ↓ -62%
United Commercial|Options $827.00 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|Non-Options $827.00 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO PPO $873.00 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $1,122.27 ↓ -43%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $1,233.26 ↓ -37%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $1,245.60 ↓ -37%
United Medicaid|All Plans $1,257.93 ↓ -36%
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $1,257.93 ↓ -36%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,294.93 ↓ -34%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,305.66 ↑ +17%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,592.54 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,592.54 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,592.54 ↑ +83%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $4,879.42 ↑ +148%

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CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (with and without contrast) at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $973.27 $557.05 – $1,837.29
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $3,037.74 $692.00 – $7,746.83
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $1,606.70 $340.00 – $3,640.00
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $2,276.36 $340.00 – $3,640.00
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $2,332.70 $724.68 – $5,003.18
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $5,531.68 $327.35 – $327.35

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