Creatine kinase 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

$84.60

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.

$141.00

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.

$5.30 with Anthem vs $126.90 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
Anthem Medicaid $5.30 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicaid $6.51 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare $6.51 ↓ -92%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $6.51 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $6.51 ↓ -92%
Passport Molina Medicaid $6.51 ↓ -92%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $6.51 ↓ -92%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $6.51 ↓ -92%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $6.51 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare $6.51 ↓ -92%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid $35.25 ↓ -58%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid $40.89 ↓ -52%
CareSoure Kentucky Commercial $84.60 ↑ +0%
UMR Commercial $107.72 ↑ +27%
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $107.72 ↑ +27%
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $107.72 ↑ +27%
Anthem HMO Commercial $117.11 ↑ +38%
Anthem PPO Commercial $123.28 ↑ +46%
Aetna POS Commercial $126.90 ↑ +50%
Aetna PPO Commercial $126.90 ↑ +50%

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Creatine kinase at other Kentucky hospitals

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CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $53.51 $5.30 – $101.01
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Lourdes Hospital Paducah $91.80 not published
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CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $44.25 $5.30 – $112.84
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $37.76 $5.30 – $85.54
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $44.29 $5.30 – $85.54
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $75.95 $5.30 – $162.89

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