Arthrocentesis/aspiration/inj major joint/bursa without Ultrasound guidance (both sides) at Baptist Health Lexington
1740 Nicholasville Rd, Lexington, KY · Baptisthealth · · NPI 1538244918
$2,850.77
Cash price 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.
$3,801.02
Gross charge 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.
$180.88 with AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID vs $4,877.00 with CIGNA COMM - ALL PLANS — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID | AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID | $180.88 | ↓ -94% |
| WELLCARE MCAID | WELLCARE MCAID | $180.88 | ↓ -94% |
| HUMANA MCAID HMO | HUMANA MCAID HMO | $180.88 | ↓ -94% |
| UHC MCAID | UHC MCAID | $180.88 | ↓ -94% |
| MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS | MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS | $180.88 | ↓ -94% |
| SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS | SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS | $299.77 | ↓ -89% |
| ANTHEM MCR ADV | ANTHEM MCR ADV | $301.27 | ↓ -89% |
| HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS | HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS | $320.75 | ↓ -89% |
| ANTHEM BHS1 | ANTHEM BHS1 | $495.02 | ↓ -83% |
| CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS | CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS | $599.54 | ↓ -79% |
| ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS | ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS | $599.54 | ↓ -79% |
| AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT | AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT | $609.43 | ↓ -79% |
| AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL PLANS | AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL PLANS | $609.43 | ↓ -79% |
| UHC NEW BUSINESS - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC NEW BUSINESS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $711.48 | ↓ -75% |
| AETNA NEW BUS | AETNA NEW BUS | $830.06 | ↓ -71% |
| CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS | CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS | $901.81 | ↓ -68% |
| ENCORE PREFERRED | ENCORE PREFERRED | $1,014.96 | ↓ -64% |
| ANTHEM TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS | ANTHEM TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS | $1,068.42 | ↓ -63% |
| AETNA COMM - ALL OTHER PLANS | AETNA COMM - ALL OTHER PLANS | $1,095.35 | ↓ -62% |
| UHC OLD BUSINESS | UHC OLD BUSINESS | $1,105.40 | ↓ -61% |
| SIHO-ALL PLANS | SIHO-ALL PLANS | $1,406.87 | ↓ -51% |
| PHCS-ALL PLANS | PHCS-ALL PLANS | $1,567.66 | ↓ -45% |
| MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS | MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS | $1,587.76 | ↓ -44% |
| ENCORE PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | ENCORE PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | $1,726.44 | ↓ -39% |
| HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS | HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS | $1,975.00 | ↓ -31% |
| AETNA MCR ADV | AETNA MCR ADV | $2,009.82 | ↓ -29% |
| ANTHEM MCR SELECT | ANTHEM MCR SELECT | $2,009.82 | ↓ -29% |
| ANTHEM PATHWAY HMO | ANTHEM PATHWAY HMO | $2,045.00 | ↓ -28% |
| ANTHEM PATHWAY HPN | ANTHEM PATHWAY HPN | $2,245.00 | ↓ -21% |
| ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO | ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO | $2,494.00 | ↓ -13% |
| ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO | ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO | $2,494.00 | ↓ -13% |
| CIGNA COMM - ALL PLANS | CIGNA COMM - ALL PLANS | $4,877.00 | ↑ +71% |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/inj major joint/bursa without Ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East | Lexington | $815.81 | $228.52 – $850.85 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital | Lexington | $470.89 | $205.31 – $795.34 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea | Berea | $746.71 | $243.62 – $803.53 |
| Marcum Wallace Hospital | Irvine | $719.40 | not published |
| Lourdes Hospital | Paducah | $5,386.44 | $305.13 – $311.24 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling | Mt. Sterling | $322.87 | $153.63 – $667.94 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London | London | $196.26 | $78.54 – $500.50 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital | Bardstown | $445.08 | $172.17 – $888.16 |