Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step shiga-like toxin 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

$20.40

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.

$34.00

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.

$9.73 with Anthem vs $29.73 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 $9.73 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicaid $11.98 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Medicare $11.98 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Medicaid $11.98 ↓ -41%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $11.98 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare $11.98 ↓ -41%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid $11.98 ↓ -41%
Passport Molina Medicaid $11.98 ↓ -41%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $11.98 ↓ -41%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $11.98 ↓ -41%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $11.98 ↓ -41%
Humana Medicare $11.98 ↓ -41%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid $13.18 ↓ -35%
UMR Commercial $14.80 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $14.80 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $14.80 ↓ -27%
Aetna POS Commercial $25.50 ↑ +25%
Aetna PPO Commercial $25.50 ↑ +25%
Anthem HMO Commercial $28.24 ↑ +38%
Anthem PPO Commercial $29.73 ↑ +46%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine $45.00 not published
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CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $49.61 $9.73 – $126.49
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $56.24 $9.73 – $127.40
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $70.51 $9.73 – $127.40
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $60.25 $9.73 – $129.22
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $173.36 $11.98 – $11.98

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