X-ray abdomen complete acute series including spine erect and/or decubitus single view chest 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

$549.60

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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.

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.

$916.00

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.

$14.60 with WellCare of Kentucky vs $824.40 with Aetna PPO — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $14.60 ↓ -97%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $14.60 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare $14.60 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare $14.60 ↓ -97%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $14.60 ↓ -97%
CareSoure Kentucky Commercial $14.60 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid $28.07 ↓ -95%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid $36.30 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare $56.47 ↓ -90%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $56.47 ↓ -90%
Passport Molina Medicaid $149.49 ↓ -73%
Anthem Medicaid $265.64 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicaid $273.61 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $699.82 ↑ +27%
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $699.82 ↑ +27%
UMR Commercial $699.82 ↑ +27%
Anthem HMO Commercial $760.83 ↑ +38%
Anthem PPO Commercial $800.86 ↑ +46%
Aetna POS Commercial $824.40 ↑ +50%
Aetna PPO Commercial $824.40 ↑ +50%

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X-ray abdomen complete acute series including spine erect and/or decubitus single view chest at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $308.52 $176.58 – $582.40
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine $509.40 not published
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $980.40 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $351.46 $200.72 – $872.69
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $431.78 $81.46 – $918.19
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $298.05 $81.46 – $675.22
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $349.55 $81.46 – $675.22
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $663.58 $81.46 – $1,423.24

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