Coombs direct at Paintsville ARH Hospital

625 James S Trimble Blvd, Paintsville, KY · Arh · · NPI 1437813441

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$83.40

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.

$139.00

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.

$4.57 with Anthem vs $121.53 with Anthem PPO — 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
Anthem Medicaid $4.57 ↓ -95%
Passport Molina Medicaid $5.39 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicaid $5.39 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicaid $5.39 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid $5.39 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $6.65 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $6.65 ↓ -92%
UMR Commercial $6.65 ↓ -92%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $37.39 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Medicare $37.39 ↓ -55%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $37.39 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicare $37.39 ↓ -55%
Humana Medicare $37.39 ↓ -55%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $37.39 ↓ -55%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $37.39 ↓ -55%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid $41.13 ↓ -51%
Aetna POS Commercial $104.25 ↑ +25%
Aetna PPO Commercial $104.25 ↑ +25%
Anthem HMO Commercial $115.45 ↑ +38%
Anthem PPO Commercial $121.53 ↑ +46%

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