Removal cerumen impacted (both sides) 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

$61.80

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.

$103.00

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.

$12.28 with Humana vs $75.19 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 $12.28 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicaid $12.28 ↓ -80%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid $12.28 ↓ -80%
Passport Molina Medicaid $12.28 ↓ -80%
Anthem Medicaid $12.28 ↓ -80%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $37.39 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Medicare $37.39 ↓ -39%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $37.39 ↓ -39%
Aetna Medicare $37.39 ↓ -39%
Humana Medicare $37.39 ↓ -39%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $37.39 ↓ -39%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $37.39 ↓ -39%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid $41.13 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $45.24 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $45.24 ↓ -27%
UMR Commercial $45.24 ↓ -27%
Aetna POS Commercial $64.50 ↑ +4%
Aetna PPO Commercial $64.50 ↑ +4%
Anthem HMO Commercial $71.43 ↑ +16%
Anthem PPO Commercial $75.19 ↑ +22%

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Removal cerumen impacted (both sides) at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $97.86 $56.01 – $184.73
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine $149.40 not published
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CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $104.45 $59.66 – $259.35
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $98.13 $39.27 – $250.25
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $213.29 $129.78 – $483.21
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $267.43 $124.74 – $483.21
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $90.38 $37.58 – $193.83

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