Echocardiography transthoracic 2d complete w/contrast or without & w/contrast with doppler 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

$5,530.19

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$7,373.59

Gross charge

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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.

$663.62 with AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID vs $7,373.59 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 $663.62 ↓ -88%
WELLCARE MCAID WELLCARE MCAID $663.62 ↓ -88%
HUMANA MCAID HMO HUMANA MCAID HMO $663.62 ↓ -88%
UHC MCAID UHC MCAID $663.62 ↓ -88%
MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS $663.62 ↓ -88%
SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS $765.58 ↓ -86%
ANTHEM MCR ADV ANTHEM MCR ADV $769.41 ↓ -86%
HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $819.17 ↓ -85%
ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS $1,531.16 ↓ -72%
CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS $1,531.16 ↓ -72%
AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT $1,556.42 ↓ -72%
AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL PLANS AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL PLANS $1,556.42 ↓ -72%
ANTHEM BHS1 ANTHEM BHS1 $1,816.12 ↓ -67%
HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS $1,975.00 ↓ -64%
ANTHEM PATHWAY HMO ANTHEM PATHWAY HMO $2,045.00 ↓ -63%
ANTHEM PATHWAY HPN ANTHEM PATHWAY HPN $2,245.00 ↓ -59%
ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO $2,494.00 ↓ -55%
ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO $2,494.00 ↓ -55%
AETNA NEW BUS AETNA NEW BUS $3,045.29 ↓ -45%
CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS $3,308.53 ↓ -40%
ENCORE PREFERRED ENCORE PREFERRED $3,723.66 ↓ -33%
ANTHEM TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS ANTHEM TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS $3,919.80 ↓ -29%
UHC NEW BUSINESS - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC NEW BUSINESS - ALL OTHER PLANS $3,922.75 ↓ -29%
AETNA COMM - ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA COMM - ALL OTHER PLANS $4,018.61 ↓ -27%
SIHO-ALL PLANS SIHO-ALL PLANS $5,161.51 ↓ -7%
UHC OLD BUSINESS UHC OLD BUSINESS $5,471.20 ↓ -1%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $5,751.40 ↑ +4%
MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS $5,825.14 ↑ +5%
CIGNA COMM - ALL PLANS CIGNA COMM - ALL PLANS $5,879.70 ↑ +6%
ENCORE PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS ENCORE PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $6,333.91 ↑ +15%
AETNA MCR ADV AETNA MCR ADV $7,373.59 ↑ +33%
ANTHEM MCR SELECT ANTHEM MCR SELECT $7,373.59 ↑ +33%

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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d complete w/contrast or without & w/contrast with doppler at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $1,877.03 $1,142.09 – $4,252.43
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $2,001.17 $997.86 – $3,865.68
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $1,705.03 $975.86 – $3,218.67
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $2,322.60 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $1,596.76 $911.93 – $3,964.87
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $1,334.93 $534.22 – $3,404.31
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $1,798.53 $747.76 – $3,857.49
Baptist Health Corbin Corbin $5,530.19 $7,373.59 – $14,747.18

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