Ghs gastric intub aspiration lavage 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

$463.20

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.

$772.00

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.

$110.24 with Humana vs $674.96 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
Humana Medicaid $110.24 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Medicaid $110.24 ↓ -76%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid $110.24 ↓ -76%
Passport Molina Medicaid $110.24 ↓ -76%
Anthem Medicaid $110.24 ↓ -76%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $196.04 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Medicare $196.04 ↓ -58%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $196.04 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare $196.04 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare $196.04 ↓ -58%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $196.04 ↓ -58%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $196.04 ↓ -58%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid $215.64 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $406.07 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $406.07 ↓ -12%
UMR Commercial $406.07 ↓ -12%
Aetna POS Commercial $579.00 ↑ +25%
Aetna PPO Commercial $579.00 ↑ +25%
Anthem HMO Commercial $641.22 ↑ +38%
Anthem PPO Commercial $674.96 ↑ +46%

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CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $138.84 $79.46 – $262.08
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CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $332.59 $165.84 – $642.46
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $510.41 $212.21 – $1,094.73

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