Azithromycin 500 mg intravenous solution at Baptist Health Lexington

1740 Nicholasville Rd, Lexington, KY · Baptisthealth · · NPI 1538244918

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 3, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$90.16

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.

$120.21

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.

$1.98 with WELLCARE MCAID vs $21.98 with ANTHEM MCR SELECT — 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
WELLCARE MCAID WELLCARE MCAID $1.98 ↓ -98%
AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID $1.98 ↓ -98%
MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS $1.98 ↓ -98%
UHC MCAID UHC MCAID $1.98 ↓ -98%
HUMANA MCAID HMO HUMANA MCAID HMO $1.98 ↓ -98%
HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS $2.11 ↓ -98%
ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO $2.29 ↓ -97%
ANTHEM PATHWAY HMO ANTHEM PATHWAY HMO $2.29 ↓ -97%
ANTHEM PATHWAY HPN ANTHEM PATHWAY HPN $2.29 ↓ -97%
ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO $2.29 ↓ -97%
ANTHEM BHS1 ANTHEM BHS1 $5.41 ↓ -94%
CIGNA COMM - ALL PLANS CIGNA COMM - ALL PLANS $7.04 ↓ -92%
AETNA NEW BUS AETNA NEW BUS $9.08 ↓ -90%
CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS $9.86 ↓ -89%
ENCORE PREFERRED ENCORE PREFERRED $11.10 ↓ -88%
ANTHEM TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS ANTHEM TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS $11.68 ↓ -87%
UHC NEW BUSINESS - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC NEW BUSINESS - ALL OTHER PLANS $11.69 ↓ -87%
AETNA COMM - ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA COMM - ALL OTHER PLANS $11.98 ↓ -87%
SIHO-ALL PLANS SIHO-ALL PLANS $15.39 ↓ -83%
UHC OLD BUSINESS UHC OLD BUSINESS $16.31 ↓ -82%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $17.14 ↓ -81%
MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS $17.36 ↓ -81%
ENCORE PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS ENCORE PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $18.88 ↓ -79%
AETNA MCR ADV AETNA MCR ADV $21.98 ↓ -76%
ANTHEM MCR SELECT ANTHEM MCR SELECT $21.98 ↓ -76%

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