Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hepatitis c 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

$449.86

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.

$599.81

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.

$36.40 with ANTHEM PATHWAY HPN vs $428.81 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
ANTHEM PATHWAY HPN ANTHEM PATHWAY HPN $36.40 ↓ -92%
ANTHEM PATHWAY HMO ANTHEM PATHWAY HMO $36.40 ↓ -92%
ANTHEM TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS ANTHEM TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS $36.40 ↓ -92%
HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS $36.40 ↓ -92%
ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO $36.40 ↓ -92%
ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO $36.40 ↓ -92%
WELLCARE MCAID WELLCARE MCAID $38.59 ↓ -91%
SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS $42.84 ↓ -90%
AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID $42.84 ↓ -90%
ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS $42.84 ↓ -90%
CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS $42.84 ↓ -90%
MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS $42.84 ↓ -90%
UHC MCAID UHC MCAID $42.84 ↓ -90%
HUMANA MCAID HMO HUMANA MCAID HMO $42.84 ↓ -90%
ANTHEM MCR ADV ANTHEM MCR ADV $43.05 ↓ -90%
HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $45.84 ↓ -90%
UHC OLD BUSINESS UHC OLD BUSINESS $64.26 ↓ -86%
AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT $87.09 ↓ -81%
AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL PLANS AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL PLANS $87.09 ↓ -81%
CIGNA COMM - ALL PLANS CIGNA COMM - ALL PLANS $101.10 ↓ -78%
ANTHEM BHS1 ANTHEM BHS1 $105.62 ↓ -77%
AETNA NEW BUS AETNA NEW BUS $177.10 ↓ -61%
CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS $192.41 ↓ -57%
ENCORE PREFERRED ENCORE PREFERRED $216.55 ↓ -52%
UHC NEW BUSINESS - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC NEW BUSINESS - ALL OTHER PLANS $228.13 ↓ -49%
AETNA COMM - ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA COMM - ALL OTHER PLANS $233.70 ↓ -48%
SIHO-ALL PLANS SIHO-ALL PLANS $300.17 ↓ -33%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $334.47 ↓ -26%
MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS $338.76 ↓ -25%
ENCORE PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS ENCORE PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $368.35 ↓ -18%
AETNA MCR ADV AETNA MCR ADV $428.81 ↓ -5%
ANTHEM MCR SELECT ANTHEM MCR SELECT $428.81 ↓ -5%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $420.56 $36.40 – $952.77
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $493.23 $36.40 – $952.77
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CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $88.50 $36.40 – $225.68
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