Brace cust back lso 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

$4,812.05

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.

$6,416.07

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.

$144.93 with AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID vs $2,578.80 with AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - 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.

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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 $144.93 ↓ -97%
UHC MCAID UHC MCAID $144.93 ↓ -97%
MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS $144.93 ↓ -97%
WELLCARE MCAID WELLCARE MCAID $144.93 ↓ -97%
HUMANA MCAID HMO HUMANA MCAID HMO $144.93 ↓ -97%
ANTHEM BHS1 ANTHEM BHS1 $396.63 ↓ -92%
ANTHEM PATHWAY HMO ANTHEM PATHWAY HMO $651.06 ↓ -86%
AETNA NEW BUS AETNA NEW BUS $665.07 ↓ -86%
ANTHEM PATHWAY HPN ANTHEM PATHWAY HPN $714.51 ↓ -85%
CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS $722.56 ↓ -85%
HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS $771.84 ↓ -84%
ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO $793.90 ↓ -84%
ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO $793.90 ↓ -84%
ENCORE PREFERRED ENCORE PREFERRED $813.22 ↓ -83%
ANTHEM TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS ANTHEM TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS $856.06 ↓ -82%
UHC NEW BUSINESS - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC NEW BUSINESS - ALL OTHER PLANS $856.70 ↓ -82%
AETNA COMM - ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA COMM - ALL OTHER PLANS $877.64 ↓ -82%
SIHO-ALL PLANS SIHO-ALL PLANS $1,127.24 ↓ -77%
UHC OLD BUSINESS UHC OLD BUSINESS $1,194.87 ↓ -75%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $1,256.07 ↓ -74%
SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS $1,268.47 ↓ -74%
CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS $1,268.47 ↓ -74%
AETNA MCR ADV AETNA MCR ADV $1,268.47 ↓ -74%
MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS $1,272.17 ↓ -74%
ANTHEM MCR ADV ANTHEM MCR ADV $1,274.81 ↓ -74%
CIGNA COMM - ALL PLANS CIGNA COMM - ALL PLANS $1,284.09 ↓ -73%
HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,357.26 ↓ -72%
ENCORE PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS ENCORE PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,383.28 ↓ -71%
ANTHEM MCR SELECT ANTHEM MCR SELECT $1,610.34 ↓ -67%
ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS $2,536.94 ↓ -47%
AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT $2,578.80 ↓ -46%
AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL PLANS AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL PLANS $2,578.80 ↓ -46%

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Brace cust back lso at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine $484.51 not published
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $215.78 not published
Baptist Health Corbin Corbin $4,812.05 $1,268.47 – $2,536.94
Baptist Health Hardin Elizabethtown $4,812.05 $1,268.47 – $2,536.94
Baptist Health La Grange La Grange $4,812.05 $1,268.47 – $2,536.94
Baptist Health Paducah Paducah $4,812.05 $1,268.47 – $2,536.94
Baptist Health Louisville Louisville $4,812.05 $1,268.47 – $2,536.94
GREENVIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL BOWLING GREEN not published $1,243.10 – $1,306.52

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