Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus at Baptist Health Lexington
1740 Nicholasville Rd, Lexington, KY · Baptisthealth · · NPI 1538244918
$61.38
Cash price 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.
$81.84
Gross charge 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.
$1.60 with ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO vs $27.49 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO | ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO | $1.60 | ↓ -97% |
| ANTHEM PATHWAY HPN | ANTHEM PATHWAY HPN | $1.60 | ↓ -97% |
| ANTHEM PATHWAY HMO | ANTHEM PATHWAY HMO | $1.60 | ↓ -97% |
| ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO | ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO | $1.60 | ↓ -97% |
| WELLCARE MCAID | WELLCARE MCAID | $2.47 | ↓ -96% |
| AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID | AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID | $2.47 | ↓ -96% |
| MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS | MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS | $2.47 | ↓ -96% |
| UHC MCAID | UHC MCAID | $2.47 | ↓ -96% |
| HUMANA MCAID HMO | HUMANA MCAID HMO | $2.47 | ↓ -96% |
| CIGNA COMM - ALL PLANS | CIGNA COMM - ALL PLANS | $4.90 | ↓ -92% |
| ANTHEM BHS1 | ANTHEM BHS1 | $6.77 | ↓ -89% |
| AETNA NEW BUS | AETNA NEW BUS | $11.35 | ↓ -82% |
| CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS | CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS | $12.33 | ↓ -80% |
| HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS | HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS | $13.18 | ↓ -79% |
| ENCORE PREFERRED | ENCORE PREFERRED | $13.88 | ↓ -77% |
| ANTHEM TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS | ANTHEM TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS | $14.61 | ↓ -76% |
| UHC NEW BUSINESS - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC NEW BUSINESS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $14.62 | ↓ -76% |
| AETNA COMM - ALL OTHER PLANS | AETNA COMM - ALL OTHER PLANS | $14.98 | ↓ -76% |
| SIHO-ALL PLANS | SIHO-ALL PLANS | $19.24 | ↓ -69% |
| UHC OLD BUSINESS | UHC OLD BUSINESS | $20.40 | ↓ -67% |
| PHCS-ALL PLANS | PHCS-ALL PLANS | $21.44 | ↓ -65% |
| MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS | MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS | $21.72 | ↓ -65% |
| ENCORE PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | ENCORE PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | $23.61 | ↓ -62% |
| ANTHEM MCR SELECT | ANTHEM MCR SELECT | $27.49 | ↓ -55% |
| AETNA MCR ADV | AETNA MCR ADV | $27.49 | ↓ -55% |
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Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East | Lexington | $7.99 | $0.07 – $0.23 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital | Lexington | $10.02 | $0.06 – $0.23 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea | Berea | $9.59 | $0.07 – $0.23 |
| Marcum Wallace Hospital | Irvine | $37.80 | not published |
| Lourdes Hospital | Paducah | $25.20 | not published |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling | Mt. Sterling | $7.29 | $0.06 – $0.23 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London | London | $7.10 | $0.04 – $0.23 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital | Bardstown | $8.44 | $0.05 – $0.23 |