ER Visit (level 1, minor) 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

$61.20

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.

$102.00

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.

$16.65 with Passport Molina vs $91.80 with Aetna POS — 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 $16.65 ↓ -73%
Anthem Medicaid $29.58 ↓ -52%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid $29.58 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicaid $30.47 ↓ -50%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $46.75 ↓ -24%
United Healthcare Medicare $46.75 ↓ -24%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $46.75 ↓ -24%
Aetna Medicare $46.75 ↓ -24%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $46.75 ↓ -24%
Humana Medicare $46.75 ↓ -24%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $46.75 ↓ -24%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid $50.00 ↓ -18%
CareSoure Kentucky Commercial $61.20 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $77.93 ↑ +27%
UMR Commercial $77.93 ↑ +27%
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $77.93 ↑ +27%
Anthem HMO Commercial $84.72 ↑ +38%
Anthem PPO Commercial $89.18 ↑ +46%
Aetna PPO Commercial $91.80 ↑ +50%
Aetna POS Commercial $91.80 ↑ +50%

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ER Visit (level 1, minor) at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $280.56 $64.29 – $212.03
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine $337.20 not published
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $316.20 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $192.04 $109.68 – $476.84
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $106.70 $42.70 – $272.09
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $221.73 $134.91 – $502.32
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $260.04 $102.66 – $397.67
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $199.42 $82.91 – $427.70

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