Bone/joint imaging ltd area at Whitesburg ARH Hospital

240 Hospital Road, Whitesburg, KY · Arh · · NPI 1194723726

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$1,117.20

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.

$1,862.00

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.

$27.33 with WellCare of Kentucky vs $1,675.80 with Aetna 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 Medicare $27.33 ↓ -98%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $27.33 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Medicare $27.33 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare $27.33 ↓ -98%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $27.33 ↓ -98%
CareSoure Kentucky Commercial $27.33 ↓ -98%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid $94.40 ↓ -92%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid $156.32 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare $213.37 ↓ -81%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $213.37 ↓ -81%
Passport Molina Medicaid $303.88 ↓ -73%
Anthem Medicaid $539.98 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicaid $556.18 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $1,422.57 ↑ +27%
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $1,422.57 ↑ +27%
UMR Commercial $1,422.57 ↑ +27%
Anthem HMO Commercial $1,546.58 ↑ +38%
Anthem PPO Commercial $1,627.95 ↑ +46%
Aetna POS Commercial $1,675.80 ↑ +50%
Aetna PPO Commercial $1,675.80 ↑ +50%

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Bone/joint imaging ltd area at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $637.28 $364.74 – $1,203.02
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine $1,414.20 not published
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $797.40 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $668.47 $381.77 – $1,659.84
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $903.87 $361.72 – $2,305.03
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $738.28 $449.21 – $1,672.58
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $865.86 $431.75 – $1,672.58
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $1,209.21 $449.35 – $2,593.50

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