X-ray lumbosacral spine complete including bending views >= 6 views 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

$845.40

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.

$1,409.00

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.

$66.94 with Humana vs $1,231.89 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 Medicare $66.94 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare $66.94 ↓ -92%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $66.94 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $66.94 ↓ -92%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $66.94 ↓ -92%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $66.94 ↓ -92%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $66.94 ↓ -92%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid $73.64 ↓ -91%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid $201.21 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicaid $201.21 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Medicaid $201.21 ↓ -76%
Anthem Medicaid $201.21 ↓ -76%
Passport Molina Medicaid $201.21 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $741.13 ↓ -12%
UMR Commercial $741.13 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $741.13 ↓ -12%
Aetna PPO Commercial $1,056.75 ↑ +25%
Aetna POS Commercial $1,056.75 ↑ +25%
Anthem HMO Commercial $1,170.32 ↑ +38%
Anthem PPO Commercial $1,231.89 ↑ +46%

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X-ray lumbosacral spine complete including bending views >= 6 views at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $224.16 $128.30 – $423.15
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $1,300.20 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $503.18 $287.37 – $1,249.43
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $327.94 $130.42 – $836.29
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $550.70 $130.42 – $1,247.61
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $645.86 $130.42 – $1,247.61
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $695.40 $130.42 – $1,491.49
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $1,731.26 $98.09 – $98.09

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