Fluoroguide needle placement 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

$565.20

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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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$942.00

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.

$19.81 with The Health Plan vs $847.80 with Aetna POS — 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
The Health Plan Medicaid $19.81 ↓ -96%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $26.17 ↓ -95%
The Health Plan Medicare $26.17 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare $26.17 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare $26.17 ↓ -95%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $26.17 ↓ -95%
CareSoure Kentucky Commercial $43.18 ↓ -92%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid $53.35 ↓ -91%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid $64.83 ↓ -89%
Passport Molina Medicaid $144.13 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicaid $144.13 ↓ -74%
Anthem Medicaid $144.13 ↓ -74%
UMR Commercial $675.41 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $675.41 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $675.41 ↑ +19%
Anthem HMO Commercial $782.43 ↑ +38%
Anthem PPO Commercial $823.59 ↑ +46%
Aetna PPO Commercial $847.80 ↑ +50%
Aetna POS Commercial $847.80 ↑ +50%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan not published by hospital
Anthem Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
Humana Medicare not published by hospital

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Fluoroguide needle placement at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $245.85 $140.71 – $464.10
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $1,177.20 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $359.16 $205.12 – $891.80
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $246.94 $98.82 – $629.72
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $248.64 $151.29 – $563.29
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $291.61 $145.41 – $563.29
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $396.71 $164.94 – $850.85
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $1,264.48 not published

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