Red blood cells leukocytes reduced irradiated each unit 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

$2,416.60

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.

$3,222.13

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.

$250.29 with AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID vs $2,780.95 with AETNA MCR ADV — 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 $250.29 ↓ -90%
WELLCARE MCAID WELLCARE MCAID $250.29 ↓ -90%
HUMANA MCAID HMO HUMANA MCAID HMO $250.29 ↓ -90%
UHC MCAID UHC MCAID $250.29 ↓ -90%
MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS $250.29 ↓ -90%
SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS $265.41 ↓ -89%
ANTHEM MCR ADV ANTHEM MCR ADV $266.74 ↓ -89%
HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $283.99 ↓ -88%
CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS $530.82 ↓ -78%
ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS $530.82 ↓ -78%
AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL PLANS AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL PLANS $539.58 ↓ -78%
AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT $539.58 ↓ -78%
ANTHEM BHS1 ANTHEM BHS1 $684.95 ↓ -72%
ANTHEM PATHWAY HMO ANTHEM PATHWAY HMO $1,124.34 ↓ -53%
AETNA NEW BUS AETNA NEW BUS $1,148.53 ↓ -52%
ANTHEM PATHWAY HPN ANTHEM PATHWAY HPN $1,233.91 ↓ -49%
CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS $1,247.81 ↓ -48%
HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS $1,332.91 ↓ -45%
ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO $1,371.01 ↓ -43%
ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO $1,371.01 ↓ -43%
ENCORE PREFERRED ENCORE PREFERRED $1,404.38 ↓ -42%
ANTHEM TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS ANTHEM TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,478.35 ↓ -39%
UHC NEW BUSINESS - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC NEW BUSINESS - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,479.47 ↓ -39%
AETNA COMM - ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA COMM - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,515.62 ↓ -37%
SIHO-ALL PLANS SIHO-ALL PLANS $1,946.67 ↓ -19%
UHC OLD BUSINESS UHC OLD BUSINESS $2,063.46 ↓ -15%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $2,169.14 ↓ -10%
MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS $2,196.95 ↓ -9%
CIGNA COMM - ALL PLANS CIGNA COMM - ALL PLANS $2,217.53 ↓ -8%
ENCORE PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS ENCORE PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $2,388.84 ↓ -1%
ANTHEM MCR SELECT ANTHEM MCR SELECT $2,780.95 ↑ +15%
AETNA MCR ADV AETNA MCR ADV $2,780.95 ↑ +15%

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Red blood cells leukocytes reduced irradiated each unit at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $204.46 $124.40 – $463.19
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $256.35 $119.57 – $463.19
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $276.22 $158.10 – $521.43
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine $513.60 not published
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $717.00 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $254.71 $145.47 – $632.45
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $361.12 $144.52 – $920.92
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $195.60 $81.33 – $419.51

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