Lung Function Test (Spirometry) 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

$228.00

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.

$380.00

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.

$58.14 with Aetna Better Health vs $342.00 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
Aetna Better Health Medicaid $58.14 ↓ -75%
Passport Molina Medicaid $58.14 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicaid $58.14 ↓ -75%
Anthem Medicaid $58.14 ↓ -75%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid $87.40 ↓ -62%
Humana Medicare $90.46 ↓ -60%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $90.46 ↓ -60%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $90.46 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Medicare $90.46 ↓ -60%
The Health Plan Medicare $90.46 ↓ -60%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $90.46 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $90.46 ↓ -60%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $90.46 ↓ -60%
CareSoure Kentucky Commercial $228.00 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $272.46 ↑ +20%
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $272.46 ↑ +20%
UMR Commercial $272.46 ↑ +20%
Anthem HMO Commercial $315.63 ↑ +38%
Anthem PPO Commercial $332.23 ↑ +46%
Aetna POS Commercial $342.00 ↑ +50%
Aetna PPO Commercial $342.00 ↑ +50%

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Lung Function Test (Spirometry) at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $122.93 $70.36 – $232.05
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine $258.60 not published
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $358.20 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $129.74 $74.10 – $322.14
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $164.15 $65.69 – $418.60
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $109.66 $66.73 – $248.43
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $128.61 $64.13 – $248.43
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $109.47 $45.52 – $234.78

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