X-ray exam of mastoids 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

$569.40

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$949.00

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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.

$61.48 with Humana vs $854.10 with Aetna PPO — 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

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

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 $61.48 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare $61.48 ↓ -89%
The Health Plan Medicare $61.48 ↓ -89%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $61.48 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $61.48 ↓ -89%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $61.48 ↓ -89%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $61.48 ↓ -89%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $61.48 ↓ -89%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid $145.20 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicaid $145.20 ↓ -74%
Passport Molina Medicaid $145.20 ↓ -74%
Anthem Medicaid $145.20 ↓ -74%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid $218.27 ↓ -62%
CareSoure Kentucky Commercial $569.40 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $680.43 ↑ +19%
UMR Commercial $680.43 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $680.43 ↑ +19%
Anthem HMO Commercial $788.24 ↑ +38%
Anthem PPO Commercial $829.71 ↑ +46%
Aetna POS Commercial $854.10 ↑ +50%
Aetna PPO Commercial $854.10 ↑ +50%

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X-ray exam of mastoids at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $118.59 $67.88 – $223.86
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $171.15 $97.75 – $424.97
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $179.49 $70.27 – $457.73
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $187.59 $70.27 – $424.97
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $220.00 $70.27 – $424.97
Whitesburg ARH Hospital Whitesburg $468.60 $56.47 – $56.47
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester not published $98.09 – $98.09
GREENVIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL BOWLING GREEN not published $27.14 – $245.18

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