Meperidine (pf) 25 mg/ml injection (wrapper) 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

$25.86

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.

$70.56

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.

$8.21 with BCBS - Anthem vs $53.36 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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO PPO $8.21 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Pathway $8.21 ↓ -68%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $12.28 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $13.49 ↓ -48%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $13.62 ↓ -47%
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $13.76 ↓ -47%
United Medicaid|All Plans $13.76 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $14.16 ↓ -45%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $28.73 ↑ +11%
United Commercial|Options $29.32 ↑ +13%
United Commercial|Non-Options $29.32 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $39.29 ↑ +52%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $39.29 ↑ +52%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $39.29 ↑ +52%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $53.36 ↑ +106%

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Meperidine (pf) 25 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $34.02 $16.18 – $53.36
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $25.18 $8.21 – $53.36
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $28.35 $8.21 – $53.36
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $35.54 $8.21 – $53.36
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $29.94 $8.21 – $53.36
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $76.63 not published

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