Contrast x-ray of hip 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

$2,101.09

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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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$2,801.45

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.

$126.07 with AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID vs $1,400.73 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 $126.07 ↓ -94%
WELLCARE MCAID WELLCARE MCAID $126.07 ↓ -94%
HUMANA MCAID HMO HUMANA MCAID HMO $126.07 ↓ -94%
UHC MCAID UHC MCAID $126.07 ↓ -94%
MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS $126.07 ↓ -94%
ENCORE PREFERRED ENCORE PREFERRED $300.00 ↓ -86%
SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS $340.71 ↓ -84%
CIGNA COMM - ALL PLANS CIGNA COMM - ALL PLANS $341.69 ↓ -84%
ANTHEM MCR ADV ANTHEM MCR ADV $342.41 ↓ -84%
ANTHEM BHS1 ANTHEM BHS1 $345.00 ↓ -84%
UHC NEW BUSINESS - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC NEW BUSINESS - ALL OTHER PLANS $357.13 ↓ -83%
UHC OLD BUSINESS UHC OLD BUSINESS $357.13 ↓ -83%
HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $364.56 ↓ -83%
ANTHEM PATHWAY HMO ANTHEM PATHWAY HMO $566.32 ↓ -73%
AETNA NEW BUS AETNA NEW BUS $578.50 ↓ -72%
ANTHEM PATHWAY HPN ANTHEM PATHWAY HPN $621.50 ↓ -70%
CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS $628.51 ↓ -70%
HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS $671.37 ↓ -68%
CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS $681.42 ↓ -68%
ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS $681.42 ↓ -68%
ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO $690.56 ↓ -67%
ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO $690.56 ↓ -67%
AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL PLANS AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL PLANS $692.67 ↓ -67%
AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT $692.67 ↓ -67%
ANTHEM TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS ANTHEM TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS $744.63 ↓ -65%
AETNA COMM - ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA COMM - ALL OTHER PLANS $763.40 ↓ -64%
SIHO-ALL PLANS SIHO-ALL PLANS $980.51 ↓ -53%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $1,092.57 ↓ -48%
MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS $1,106.58 ↓ -47%
ENCORE PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS ENCORE PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,203.23 ↓ -43%
AETNA MCR ADV AETNA MCR ADV $1,400.73 ↓ -33%
ANTHEM MCR SELECT ANTHEM MCR SELECT $1,400.73 ↓ -33%

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Contrast x-ray of hip at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $422.57 $208.93 – $957.32
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $495.58 $208.93 – $957.32
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $246.33 $140.99 – $465.01
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $1,377.00 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $413.39 $236.10 – $1,026.48
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $401.44 $160.65 – $1,023.75
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $649.58 $208.93 – $1,393.21
Baptist Health Corbin Corbin $2,101.09 $1,400.73 – $2,801.46

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