X-ray hand 2 views (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

$500.40

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.

$834.00

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.

$29.13 with Humana vs $178.36 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 $29.13 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicaid $29.13 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid $29.13 ↓ -94%
Passport Molina Medicaid $29.13 ↓ -94%
Anthem Medicaid $29.13 ↓ -94%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $66.94 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare $66.94 ↓ -87%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $66.94 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare $66.94 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare $66.94 ↓ -87%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $66.94 ↓ -87%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $66.94 ↓ -87%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid $73.64 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $107.30 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $107.30 ↓ -79%
UMR Commercial $107.30 ↓ -79%
Aetna POS Commercial $153.00 ↓ -69%
Aetna PPO Commercial $153.00 ↓ -69%
Anthem HMO Commercial $169.44 ↓ -66%
Anthem PPO Commercial $178.36 ↓ -64%

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X-ray hand 2 views (both sides) at other Kentucky hospitals

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CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $273.81 $65.67 – $216.58
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CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $228.96 $50.91 – $518.70
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $287.07 $50.91 – $518.70
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $271.97 $50.91 – $517.79

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