Drain cerebro spinal fluid 62272 at CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
225 FALCON DR, Mt. Sterling, KY · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1679679146
$432.45
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.
$1,180.00
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.
$163.26 with Wellcare vs $1,834.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| Wellcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $163.26 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Medicaid|Better Health | $179.40 | ↓ -59% |
| Humana | Medicaid|All Plans | $181.20 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $182.99 | ↓ -58% |
| Passport by Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $182.99 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $188.37 | ↓ -56% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $312.00 | ↓ -28% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $397.80 | ↓ -8% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options | $397.80 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $522.60 | ↑ +21% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $522.60 | ↑ +21% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $522.60 | ↑ +21% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $651.14 | ↑ +51% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $651.14 | ↑ +51% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $651.14 | ↑ +51% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $664.16 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $670.67 | ↑ +55% |
| Passport by Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $683.70 | ↑ +58% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $709.80 | ↑ +64% |
| CareSource | Commercial|All Plans | $1,302.28 | ↑ +201% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Pathway | $1,551.00 | ↑ +259% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO PPO | $1,834.00 | ↑ +324% |
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Drain cerebro spinal fluid 62272 at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea | Berea | $480.13 | $215.21 – $709.80 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London | London | $519.56 | $207.92 – $1,324.96 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East | Lexington | $568.37 | $217.77 – $810.81 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital | Lexington | $666.59 | $209.30 – $810.81 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital | Bardstown | $362.34 | $137.60 – $709.80 |
| Adventhealth Manchester | Manchester | not published | $662.32 – $662.32 |