Ultrasound breast complete 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

$355.49

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.

$970.00

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.

$99.99 with Wellcare vs $509.00 with United — 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
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $99.99 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $99.99 ↓ -72%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $99.99 ↓ -72%
United Medicare|All Plans $101.99 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $102.99 ↓ -71%
Passport by Molina Medicare|All Plans $104.99 ↓ -70%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $106.54 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $117.07 ↓ -67%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $118.25 ↓ -67%
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $119.42 ↓ -66%
United Medicaid|All Plans $119.42 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $122.93 ↓ -65%
CareSource Commercial|All Plans $199.98 ↓ -44%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $218.87 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $341.03 ↓ -4%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $341.03 ↓ -4%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $341.03 ↓ -4%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $463.19 ↑ +30%
United Commercial|Non-Options $509.00 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|Options $509.00 ↑ +43%

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Ultrasound breast complete at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $467.60 $140.44 – $463.19
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $1,197.54 $204.81 – $1,526.98
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $353.88 $172.31 – $641.55
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $488.51 $165.61 – $641.55
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $568.97 $189.28 – $976.43
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $547.10 $98.09 – $98.09

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