Brace wrist classic lft sm 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

$718.00

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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.

$957.33

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.

$2.84 with WELLCARE MCAID vs $136.96 with AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT — 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 $2.84 ↓ -100%
MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS $2.84 ↓ -100%
UHC MCAID UHC MCAID $2.84 ↓ -100%
HUMANA MCAID HMO HUMANA MCAID HMO $2.84 ↓ -100%
AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID $2.84 ↓ -100%
ANTHEM BHS1 ANTHEM BHS1 $7.76 ↓ -99%
ANTHEM PATHWAY HMO ANTHEM PATHWAY HMO $12.74 ↓ -98%
AETNA NEW BUS AETNA NEW BUS $13.01 ↓ -98%
ANTHEM PATHWAY HPN ANTHEM PATHWAY HPN $13.98 ↓ -98%
CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS $14.13 ↓ -98%
HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS $15.10 ↓ -98%
ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO $15.53 ↓ -98%
ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO $15.53 ↓ -98%
ENCORE PREFERRED ENCORE PREFERRED $15.91 ↓ -98%
ANTHEM TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS ANTHEM TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS $16.75 ↓ -98%
UHC NEW BUSINESS - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC NEW BUSINESS - ALL OTHER PLANS $16.76 ↓ -98%
AETNA COMM - ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA COMM - ALL OTHER PLANS $17.17 ↓ -98%
SIHO-ALL PLANS SIHO-ALL PLANS $22.05 ↓ -97%
UHC OLD BUSINESS UHC OLD BUSINESS $23.37 ↓ -97%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $24.57 ↓ -97%
MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS $24.89 ↓ -97%
CIGNA COMM - ALL PLANS CIGNA COMM - ALL PLANS $25.12 ↓ -97%
ENCORE PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS ENCORE PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $27.06 ↓ -96%
ANTHEM MCR SELECT ANTHEM MCR SELECT $31.50 ↓ -96%
SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS $67.37 ↓ -91%
CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS $67.37 ↓ -91%
AETNA MCR ADV AETNA MCR ADV $67.37 ↓ -91%
ANTHEM MCR ADV ANTHEM MCR ADV $67.71 ↓ -91%
HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $72.09 ↓ -90%
ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS $134.74 ↓ -81%
AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL PLANS AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL PLANS $136.96 ↓ -81%
AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT $136.96 ↓ -81%

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