Pulse ox single at CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
225 FALCON DR, Mt. Sterling, KY · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1679679146
$32.26
Cash price 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.
$88.00
Gross charge 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.
$18.42 with Wellcare vs $80.08 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Wellcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $18.42 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | Medicaid|Better Health | $20.24 | ↓ -37% |
| Humana | Medicaid|All Plans | $20.45 | ↓ -37% |
| Passport by Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $20.65 | ↓ -36% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $20.65 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $21.26 | ↓ -34% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $37.84 | ↑ +17% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options | $44.00 | ↑ +36% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $44.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $58.96 | ↑ +83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $58.96 | ↑ +83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $58.96 | ↑ +83% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $80.08 | ↑ +148% |
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Pulse ox single at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea | Berea | $30.37 | $17.39 – $57.33 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London | London | $34.26 | $13.71 – $87.36 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East | Lexington | $56.64 | $34.47 – $128.31 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital | Lexington | $66.43 | $33.13 – $128.31 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital | Bardstown | $39.46 | $16.41 – $84.63 |
| Adventhealth Manchester | Manchester | $193.74 | not published |