Established Patient Office Visit (level 2) 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

$90.89

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.

$248.00

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.

$51.91 with Wellcare vs $225.68 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 $51.91 ↓ -43%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $57.04 ↓ -37%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $57.62 ↓ -37%
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $58.19 ↓ -36%
United Medicaid|All Plans $58.19 ↓ -36%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $59.90 ↓ -34%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $106.64 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|Non-Options $124.00 ↑ +36%
United Commercial|Options $124.00 ↑ +36%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $166.16 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $166.16 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $166.16 ↑ +83%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Pathway $178.56 ↑ +96%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO PPO $203.36 ↑ +124%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $225.68 ↑ +148%

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Established Patient Office Visit (level 2) at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $130.16 $74.50 – $245.70
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $71.37 $28.56 – $182.00
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $115.29 $70.15 – $261.17
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $135.21 $67.42 – $261.17
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $122.62 $50.98 – $262.99
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $569.76 not published

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