X-ray l/s-spine bend vw only 2-3 vw 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

$376.20

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.

$627.00

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.

$56.47 with Humana vs $564.30 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
Humana Medicare $56.47 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare $56.47 ↓ -85%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $56.47 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare $56.47 ↓ -85%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $56.47 ↓ -85%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $56.47 ↓ -85%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $56.47 ↓ -85%
Passport Molina Medicaid $102.33 ↓ -73%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid $156.75 ↓ -58%
Anthem Medicaid $181.83 ↓ -52%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid $181.83 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicaid $187.28 ↓ -50%
CareSoure Kentucky Commercial $376.20 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $479.03 ↑ +27%
UMR Commercial $479.03 ↑ +27%
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $479.03 ↑ +27%
Anthem HMO Commercial $520.79 ↑ +38%
Anthem PPO Commercial $548.19 ↑ +46%
Aetna POS Commercial $564.30 ↑ +50%
Aetna PPO Commercial $564.30 ↑ +50%

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X-ray l/s-spine bend vw only 2-3 vw at other Kentucky hospitals

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CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $95.45 $54.63 – $180.18
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CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $75.65 $30.28 – $192.92
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $360.71 $83.53 – $817.18
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Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $1,731.26 $98.09 – $98.09

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