Cath left heart/lv gram 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

$19,205.24

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.

$25,606.99

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.

$2,304.63 with AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID vs $25,606.99 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 $2,304.63 ↓ -88%
WELLCARE MCAID WELLCARE MCAID $2,304.63 ↓ -88%
HUMANA MCAID HMO HUMANA MCAID HMO $2,304.63 ↓ -88%
UHC MCAID UHC MCAID $2,304.63 ↓ -88%
MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS $2,304.63 ↓ -88%
SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS $3,166.08 ↓ -84%
ANTHEM MCR ADV ANTHEM MCR ADV $3,181.91 ↓ -83%
HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $3,387.71 ↓ -82%
ANTHEM BHS1 ANTHEM BHS1 $6,307.00 ↓ -67%
ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS $6,332.16 ↓ -67%
CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS $6,332.16 ↓ -67%
AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT $6,436.64 ↓ -66%
AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL PLANS AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL PLANS $6,436.64 ↓ -66%
HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS $6,971.00 ↓ -64%
ANTHEM PATHWAY HMO ANTHEM PATHWAY HMO $7,214.00 ↓ -62%
ANTHEM PATHWAY HPN ANTHEM PATHWAY HPN $7,918.00 ↓ -59%
ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO $8,798.00 ↓ -54%
ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO $8,798.00 ↓ -54%
UHC NEW BUSINESS - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC NEW BUSINESS - ALL OTHER PLANS $9,064.87 ↓ -53%
AETNA NEW BUS AETNA NEW BUS $10,575.69 ↓ -45%
CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS $11,489.86 ↓ -40%
ENCORE PREFERRED ENCORE PREFERRED $12,931.53 ↓ -33%
ANTHEM TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS ANTHEM TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS $13,612.68 ↓ -29%
AETNA COMM - ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA COMM - ALL OTHER PLANS $13,955.81 ↓ -27%
UHC OLD BUSINESS UHC OLD BUSINESS $14,083.84 ↓ -27%
CIGNA COMM - ALL PLANS CIGNA COMM - ALL PLANS $14,838.00 ↓ -23%
SIHO-ALL PLANS SIHO-ALL PLANS $17,924.89 ↓ -7%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $19,973.45 ↑ +4%
MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS $20,229.52 ↑ +5%
ENCORE PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS ENCORE PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $21,996.40 ↑ +15%
AETNA MCR ADV AETNA MCR ADV $25,606.99 ↑ +33%
ANTHEM MCR SELECT ANTHEM MCR SELECT $25,606.99 ↑ +33%

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Cath left heart/lv gram at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $1,906.75 $1,160.17 – $4,319.77
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $2,236.24 $1,115.08 – $4,319.77
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