ER Visit (level 5, high severity) at CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
225 FALCON DR, Mt. Sterling, KY · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1679679146
$446.38
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.
$1,218.00
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.
$254.93 with Wellcare vs $1,152.92 with CareSource — 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 | $254.93 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | Medicaid|Better Health | $280.14 | ↓ -37% |
| Humana | Medicaid|All Plans | $282.95 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $285.75 | ↓ -36% |
| Passport by Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $285.75 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $294.15 | ↓ -34% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $523.74 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $576.46 | ↑ +29% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $576.46 | ↑ +29% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $576.46 | ↑ +29% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $587.99 | ↑ +32% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $593.75 | ↑ +33% |
| Passport by Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $605.28 | ↑ +36% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options | $609.00 | ↑ +36% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $609.00 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Pathway | $618.00 | ↑ +38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO PPO | $730.00 | ↑ +64% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $816.06 | ↑ +83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $816.06 | ↑ +83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $816.06 | ↑ +83% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,108.38 | ↑ +148% |
| CareSource | Commercial|All Plans | $1,152.92 | ↑ +158% |
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ER Visit (level 5, high severity) at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea | Berea | $729.35 | $417.44 – $1,376.83 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London | London | $1,319.94 | $528.22 – $3,366.09 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East | Lexington | $1,154.02 | $702.17 – $2,614.43 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital | Lexington | $1,353.43 | $561.42 – $2,174.90 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital | Bardstown | $1,245.69 | $517.92 – $2,671.76 |
| Adventhealth Manchester | Manchester | $1,667.94 | $558.78 – $558.78 |