Biopsy abdominal mass 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

$6,058.70

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.

$8,078.26

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.

$727.04 with AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID vs $8,078.26 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
AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID $727.04 ↓ -88%
WELLCARE MCAID WELLCARE MCAID $727.04 ↓ -88%
HUMANA MCAID HMO HUMANA MCAID HMO $727.04 ↓ -88%
UHC MCAID UHC MCAID $727.04 ↓ -88%
MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS $727.04 ↓ -88%
SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS $1,612.96 ↓ -73%
ANTHEM MCR ADV ANTHEM MCR ADV $1,621.02 ↓ -73%
HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,725.87 ↓ -72%
HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS $1,975.00 ↓ -67%
ANTHEM BHS1 ANTHEM BHS1 $1,989.68 ↓ -67%
ANTHEM PATHWAY HMO ANTHEM PATHWAY HMO $2,045.00 ↓ -66%
ANTHEM PATHWAY HPN ANTHEM PATHWAY HPN $2,245.00 ↓ -63%
ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO $2,494.00 ↓ -59%
ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO $2,494.00 ↓ -59%
UHC NEW BUSINESS - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC NEW BUSINESS - ALL OTHER PLANS $2,859.70 ↓ -53%
CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS $3,225.92 ↓ -47%
ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS $3,225.92 ↓ -47%
AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL PLANS AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL PLANS $3,279.15 ↓ -46%
AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT $3,279.15 ↓ -46%
AETNA NEW BUS AETNA NEW BUS $3,336.32 ↓ -45%
CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS $3,624.72 ↓ -40%
ENCORE PREFERRED ENCORE PREFERRED $4,079.52 ↓ -33%
ANTHEM TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS ANTHEM TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS $4,294.40 ↓ -29%
AETNA COMM - ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA COMM - ALL OTHER PLANS $4,402.65 ↓ -27%
UHC OLD BUSINESS UHC OLD BUSINESS $4,443.04 ↓ -27%
CIGNA COMM - ALL PLANS CIGNA COMM - ALL PLANS $4,877.00 ↓ -20%
SIHO-ALL PLANS SIHO-ALL PLANS $5,654.78 ↓ -7%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $6,301.04 ↑ +4%
MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS $6,381.83 ↑ +5%
ENCORE PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS ENCORE PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $6,939.23 ↑ +15%
AETNA MCR ADV AETNA MCR ADV $8,078.26 ↑ +33%
ANTHEM MCR SELECT ANTHEM MCR SELECT $8,078.26 ↑ +33%

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Biopsy abdominal mass at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $891.32 $542.33 – $2,019.29
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $1,045.34 $521.25 – $2,019.29
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $2,442.00 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $942.41 $377.14 – $2,403.31
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $2,259.30 $939.33 – $4,845.75
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $1,870.93 $1,549.68 – $1,549.68
Baptist Health Corbin Corbin $6,058.70 $8,078.26 – $16,156.52
Whitesburg ARH Hospital Whitesburg $2,041.80 $860.32 – $860.32

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