Meropenem 1 gram intravenous solution 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

$44.42

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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.

$121.19

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.

$0.46 with BCBS - Anthem vs $50.23 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 $0.46 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Pathway $0.46 ↓ -99%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $11.56 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $12.70 ↓ -71%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $12.83 ↓ -71%
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $12.95 ↓ -71%
United Medicaid|All Plans $12.95 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $13.33 ↓ -70%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $27.05 ↓ -39%
United Commercial|Options $27.60 ↓ -38%
United Commercial|Non-Options $27.60 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $36.98 ↓ -17%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $36.98 ↓ -17%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $36.98 ↓ -17%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $50.23 ↑ +13%

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Meropenem 1 gram intravenous solution at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $58.43 $15.23 – $50.23
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $43.25 $0.46 – $50.23
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $48.68 $0.46 – $50.23
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $61.04 $0.46 – $50.23
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $51.42 $0.46 – $50.23
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $106.59 not published

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