Insertion catheter pleural indwelling tunneled with cuff 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

$1,970.20

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$5,376.00

Gross charge

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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.

$1,125.20 with Wellcare vs $6,636.32 with CareSource — same scan, same building. Share

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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
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $1,125.20 ↓ -43%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $1,236.48 ↓ -37%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $1,248.85 ↓ -37%
United Medicaid|All Plans $1,261.21 ↓ -36%
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $1,261.21 ↓ -36%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,298.31 ↓ -34%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,150.40 ↑ +9%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Pathway $2,613.00 ↑ +33%
United Commercial|Options $2,741.76 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Non-Options $2,741.76 ↑ +39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO PPO $3,087.00 ↑ +57%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $3,318.16 ↑ +68%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,318.16 ↑ +68%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $3,318.16 ↑ +68%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,384.52 ↑ +72%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3,417.70 ↑ +73%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $3,484.07 ↑ +77%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,601.92 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,601.92 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,601.92 ↑ +83%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $4,892.16 ↑ +148%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $6,636.32 ↑ +237%

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Insertion catheter pleural indwelling tunneled with cuff at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $2,591.53 $1,483.24 – $4,892.16
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $1,881.95 $753.13 – $4,799.34
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $2,392.78 $1,455.90 – $5,420.87
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $3,000.06 $1,399.30 – $5,420.87
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $2,280.94 $948.33 – $4,892.16
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester not published $3,359.46 – $3,359.46

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