Red blood cells washed 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

$1,468.87

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.

$1,958.49

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.

$176.26 with AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID vs $1,958.49 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 $176.26 ↓ -88%
WELLCARE MCAID WELLCARE MCAID $176.26 ↓ -88%
HUMANA MCAID HMO HUMANA MCAID HMO $176.26 ↓ -88%
UHC MCAID UHC MCAID $176.26 ↓ -88%
MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS $176.26 ↓ -88%
SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS $368.58 ↓ -75%
ANTHEM MCR ADV ANTHEM MCR ADV $370.42 ↓ -75%
HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $394.38 ↓ -73%
ANTHEM BHS1 ANTHEM BHS1 $482.38 ↓ -67%
ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS $737.16 ↓ -50%
CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS $737.16 ↓ -50%
AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL PLANS AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL PLANS $749.32 ↓ -49%
AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT $749.32 ↓ -49%
ANTHEM PATHWAY HMO ANTHEM PATHWAY HMO $791.82 ↓ -46%
AETNA NEW BUS AETNA NEW BUS $808.86 ↓ -45%
ANTHEM PATHWAY HPN ANTHEM PATHWAY HPN $868.98 ↓ -41%
CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS $878.77 ↓ -40%
HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS $938.70 ↓ -36%
ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO $965.54 ↓ -34%
ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO $965.54 ↓ -34%
ENCORE PREFERRED ENCORE PREFERRED $989.04 ↓ -33%
ANTHEM TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS ANTHEM TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,041.13 ↓ -29%
UHC NEW BUSINESS - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC NEW BUSINESS - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,041.92 ↓ -29%
AETNA COMM - ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA COMM - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,067.38 ↓ -27%
SIHO-ALL PLANS SIHO-ALL PLANS $1,370.94 ↓ -7%
UHC OLD BUSINESS UHC OLD BUSINESS $1,453.20 ↓ -1%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $1,527.62 ↑ +4%
MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS $1,547.21 ↑ +5%
CIGNA COMM - ALL PLANS CIGNA COMM - ALL PLANS $1,561.70 ↑ +6%
ENCORE PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS ENCORE PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,682.34 ↑ +15%
ANTHEM MCR SELECT ANTHEM MCR SELECT $1,958.49 ↑ +33%
AETNA MCR ADV AETNA MCR ADV $1,958.49 ↑ +33%

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Red blood cells washed each unit at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $363.52 $221.19 – $823.55
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $426.34 $212.59 – $823.55
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $498.93 $285.56 – $941.85
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine $687.00 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $161.99 $92.52 – $402.22
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $427.68 $177.82 – $917.28
Baptist Health Corbin Corbin $1,468.87 $1,958.49 – $3,916.98
Baptist Health Hardin Elizabethtown $1,468.87 $1,958.49 – $3,916.98

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