Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection small joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance at Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
260 Hospital Drive South, Williamson, KY · Arh · · NPI 1649270257
$427.20
Cash price 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.
$712.00
Gross charge 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.
$26.88 with WellCare of Kentucky vs $640.80 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| WellCare of Kentucky | Medicaid | $26.88 | ↓ -94% |
| The Health Plan | Medicaid | $27.03 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | Medicaid | $28.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna Better Health | Medicaid | $28.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $30.51 | ↓ -93% |
| WellCare of Kentucky | Medicare | $30.51 | ↓ -93% |
| Optum CCN Region 2 | Veterans Affairs Plan | $30.51 | ↓ -93% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $30.51 | ↓ -93% |
| The Health Plan | Medicare | $30.51 | ↓ -93% |
| Optum CCN Region 1 | Veterans Affairs Plan | $30.51 | ↓ -93% |
| CareSoure Kentucky | Commercial | $50.34 | ↓ -88% |
| Passport Molina | Medicaid | $108.94 | ↓ -74% |
| Anthem | Medicaid | $108.94 | ↓ -74% |
| UMR | Commercial | $131.21 | ↓ -69% |
| Humana | Medicare | $170.67 | ↓ -60% |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | $170.67 | ↓ -60% |
| United Healthcare HMO | Commercial | $510.50 | ↑ +19% |
| United Healthcare PPO | Commercial | $510.50 | ↑ +19% |
| Anthem HMO | Commercial | $591.39 | ↑ +38% |
| Anthem PPO | Commercial | $622.50 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna PPO | Commercial | $640.80 | ↑ +50% |
| Aetna POS | Commercial | $640.80 | ↑ +50% |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection small joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea | Berea | $149.44 | $85.53 – $282.10 |
| Marcum Wallace Hospital | Irvine | $652.80 | not published |
| Lourdes Hospital | Paducah | $953.40 | not published |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling | Mt. Sterling | $223.19 | $127.47 – $554.19 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London | London | $215.89 | $86.40 – $550.55 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East | Lexington | $334.60 | $203.59 – $758.03 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital | Lexington | $296.79 | $147.99 – $573.30 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital | Bardstown | $414.10 | $172.17 – $888.16 |