Ihc/icc per specimen initial single antibody stain 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

$129.01

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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.

$352.00

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.

$33.77 with BCBS - Anthem vs $322.24 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.

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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|Pathway $33.77 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO PPO $33.77 ↓ -74%
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $71.97 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $71.97 ↓ -44%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $71.97 ↓ -44%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $73.41 ↓ -43%
United Medicaid|All Plans $73.41 ↓ -43%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $75.57 ↓ -41%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $151.36 ↑ +17%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $161.12 ↑ +25%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $161.12 ↑ +25%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $161.12 ↑ +25%
United Commercial|Options $162.74 ↑ +26%
United Commercial|Non-Options $162.74 ↑ +26%
United Medicare|All Plans $164.34 ↑ +27%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $165.95 ↑ +29%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $169.18 ↑ +31%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $235.84 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $235.84 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $235.84 ↑ +83%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $320.32 ↑ +148%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $322.24 ↑ +150%

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Ihc/icc per specimen initial single antibody stain at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $301.29 $33.77 – $568.75
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $200.90 $33.77 – $221.13
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $248.64 $33.77 – $535.08
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $291.61 $33.77 – $535.08
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $238.88 $33.77 – $231.14
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $900.77 $71.97 – $159.86

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