Insertion tunneled centrally inserted central venous access device with port >= 5 years old (both sides) 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

$1,176.00

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$1,960.00

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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.

$269.91 with WellCare of Kentucky vs $513.46 with Aetna Better Health — 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

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 Medicaid $269.91 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $289.86 ↓ -75%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $289.86 ↓ -75%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $289.86 ↓ -75%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $289.86 ↓ -75%
CareSoure Kentucky Commercial $289.86 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Medicare $289.86 ↓ -75%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid $513.46 ↓ -56%

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Insertion tunneled centrally inserted central venous access device with port >= 5 years old (both sides) at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $11,889.86 $3,138.77 – $3,201.55
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $1,354.15 $773.37 – $3,362.45
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $362.19 $144.95 – $923.65
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $1,823.57 $909.30 – $3,522.61
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center Williamson $1,176.00 $250.15 – $513.46
Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center Hazard $4,174.80 $2,557.93 – $2,557.93
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester not published $2,962.64 – $2,962.64

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