Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet cervical/thoracic single level 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

$1,177.20

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.

$1,962.00

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.

$88.94 with WellCare of Kentucky vs $1,715.38 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
WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid $88.94 ↓ -92%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $90.90 ↓ -92%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $90.90 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare $90.90 ↓ -92%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $90.90 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $90.90 ↓ -92%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid $140.95 ↓ -88%
Passport Molina Medicaid $280.17 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicaid $280.17 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Medicaid $280.17 ↓ -76%
Anthem Medicaid $280.17 ↓ -76%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $560.47 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare $560.47 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $1,032.01 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $1,032.01 ↓ -12%
UMR Commercial $1,032.01 ↓ -12%
Aetna POS Commercial $1,471.50 ↑ +25%
Aetna PPO Commercial $1,471.50 ↑ +25%
Anthem HMO Commercial $1,629.64 ↑ +38%
Anthem PPO Commercial $1,715.38 ↑ +46%

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Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet cervical/thoracic single level at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $851.31 $487.24 – $1,607.06
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $2,478.00 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $1,286.57 $782.82 – $2,914.73
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $1,508.88 $752.39 – $2,914.73
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $1,155.32 $480.34 – $2,477.93
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester not published $829.89 – $829.89

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