Cath groshong MRI 8fr plstc port 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

$430.42

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.

$717.36

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.

$86.37 with Passport Molina vs $476.28 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
Passport Molina Medicaid $86.37 ↓ -80%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid $132.30 ↓ -69%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid $153.47 ↓ -64%
Anthem Medicaid $153.47 ↓ -64%
Humana Medicaid $158.07 ↓ -63%
CareSoure Kentucky Commercial $317.52 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $404.31 ↓ -6%
UMR Commercial $404.31 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $404.31 ↓ -6%
Anthem HMO Commercial $439.55 ↑ +2%
Anthem PPO Commercial $462.68 ↑ +7%
Aetna POS Commercial $476.28 ↑ +11%
Aetna PPO Commercial $476.28 ↑ +11%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan not published by hospital
United Healthcare Medicare not published by hospital
Anthem Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
Aetna Medicare not published by hospital
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan not published by hospital
Humana Medicare not published by hospital
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare not published by hospital

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