1
: allowing customers to pay for goods or services without assistance (as by using a payment kiosk)
a self-pay parking garage
self-pay gas stations
2
: making payment (as of a medical bill) with one's own money rather than money from another source (such as a health insurance company)
Self-pay patients who are uninsured will typically pay roughly 25 to 40 percent of the total price for ER visits—so the larger the charge, the larger the out-of-pocket bill.—
Anna Wolfe
: relating to or involving payment (as of a medical bill) with one's own money
Anna Wolfeself-pay treatments/procedures
the hospital's self-pay options
The increase in insurance deductibles and self-pay portions of costs for outpatient services …—Pamela Sherrod
Pamela Sherrod… the hospital said the MRI price in the survey was too high. But it would not disclose what it said would be the self-pay price.—Anna Werner
Anna Werner
self-paid
ˈself-ˈpād 
; self-paying; self-pays
; self-paying; self-pays
: to pay (something, such as a medical bill) with one's own money rather than money from another source (such as a health insurance company)
The average person cannot afford to self-pay for bariatric surgical procedures …—Neil Hutcher
Neil HutcherExamples of self-pay in a Sentence
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Meg Tirrell, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
For the Pandora and Off-Platform business, the company had 6 million self-pay subscribers, losing 41,000 in Q2.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
The company ended June with just below 6.0 million total self-pay customers at Pandora.
SiriusXM, led by CEO Jennifer Witz, also recorded quarterly advertising revenue in its Pandora and Off-Platform unit of $528 million, up 2 percent over the year-ago period.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Aug. 2024
The current self-pay price for the LDT version of the test is $895.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 29 July 2024
If an uninsured or self-pay patient receives a final bill that is substantially greater than the good faith estimate, the patient can initiate a dispute, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
—Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 17 June 2024
The system is mostly publicly funded through taxpayer dollars, with some aspects of the system requiring self-pay or coinsurance.
—Devika Rao, theweek, 5 Apr. 2024
The company added about 131,000 new self-pay subscribers in the quarter, leading to a year-end total of about 34 million, but lost 445,000 self-pay subscribers across the full year.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2024
As of the end of 2023, Sirius’ self-pay subscriber base stood at more than 31.9 million, with its total users standing at nearly 33.9 million.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2024
Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2023
Vasectomy services are available at Planned Parenthood for insurance or self-pay, and there are no grants or financial aid available, officials say.
—Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2023
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Adjective
The vials are available for self-pay through a Lilly program called LillyDirect, which facilitates access to doctors and shipping of medicines to patients.
—Meg Tirrell, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
For the Pandora and Off-Platform business, the company had 6 million self-pay subscribers, losing 41,000 in Q2.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
The company ended June with just below 6.0 million total self-pay customers at Pandora.
SiriusXM, led by CEO Jennifer Witz, also recorded quarterly advertising revenue in its Pandora and Off-Platform unit of $528 million, up 2 percent over the year-ago period.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Aug. 2024
The current self-pay price for the LDT version of the test is $895.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 29 July 2024
If an uninsured or self-pay patient receives a final bill that is substantially greater than the good faith estimate, the patient can initiate a dispute, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
—Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 17 June 2024
The system is mostly publicly funded through taxpayer dollars, with some aspects of the system requiring self-pay or coinsurance.
—Devika Rao, theweek, 5 Apr. 2024
The company added about 131,000 new self-pay subscribers in the quarter, leading to a year-end total of about 34 million, but lost 445,000 self-pay subscribers across the full year.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2024
As of the end of 2023, Sirius’ self-pay subscriber base stood at more than 31.9 million, with its total users standing at nearly 33.9 million.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2024
Verb
The cost for the procedure at the University of Maryland Medical Center ranges from $28,000 to $30,000 for patients like Carlson who self-pay, according to a spokeswoman for the medical center.
—Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2023
Vasectomy services are available at Planned Parenthood for insurance or self-pay, and there are no grants or financial aid available, officials say.
—Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2023
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