Bx breast 1st lesion strtctc at Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center

260 Hospital Drive South, Williamson, KY · Arh · · NPI 1649270257

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$729.60

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.

$1,216.00

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.

$122.50 with The Health Plan vs $224.09 with CareSoure Kentucky — 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
The Health Plan Medicaid $122.50 ↓ -83%
The Health Plan Medicare $135.81 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare $135.81 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Medicare $135.81 ↓ -81%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $135.81 ↓ -81%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $135.81 ↓ -81%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $135.81 ↓ -81%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid $145.68 ↓ -80%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid $157.58 ↓ -78%
CareSoure Kentucky Commercial $224.09 ↓ -69%

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Bx breast 1st lesion strtctc at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $1,897.37 $1,085.95 – $3,581.76
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $6,612.00 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $2,106.53 $1,203.06 – $5,230.68
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $641.95 $256.90 – $1,637.09
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $2,186.72 $1,330.52 – $4,954.04
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $2,564.58 $1,278.80 – $4,954.04
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $2,628.43 $1,092.80 – $5,637.45
Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center Hazard $4,746.60 $135.81 – $1,316.75

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