Warde sugars single qualitative each specimen stool 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

$383.45

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.

$511.26

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.

$4.67 with HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS vs $79.17 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
HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS $4.67 ↓ -99%
ANTHEM TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS ANTHEM TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS $4.67 ↓ -99%
ANTHEM PATHWAY HPN ANTHEM PATHWAY HPN $4.67 ↓ -99%
ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO $4.67 ↓ -99%
ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO $4.67 ↓ -99%
ANTHEM PATHWAY HMO ANTHEM PATHWAY HMO $4.67 ↓ -99%
CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS $5.50 ↓ -99%
MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS $5.50 ↓ -99%
AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID $5.50 ↓ -99%
UHC MCAID UHC MCAID $5.50 ↓ -99%
SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS $5.50 ↓ -99%
HUMANA MCAID HMO HUMANA MCAID HMO $5.50 ↓ -99%
ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS $5.50 ↓ -99%
ANTHEM MCR ADV ANTHEM MCR ADV $5.53 ↓ -99%
HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $5.89 ↓ -98%
WELLCARE MCAID WELLCARE MCAID $7.13 ↓ -98%
UHC OLD BUSINESS UHC OLD BUSINESS $8.25 ↓ -98%
AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL PLANS AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL PLANS $11.18 ↓ -97%
AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT $11.18 ↓ -97%
CIGNA COMM - ALL PLANS CIGNA COMM - ALL PLANS $13.00 ↓ -97%
ANTHEM BHS1 ANTHEM BHS1 $19.50 ↓ -95%
AETNA NEW BUS AETNA NEW BUS $32.70 ↓ -91%
CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS $35.52 ↓ -91%
ENCORE PREFERRED ENCORE PREFERRED $39.98 ↓ -90%
UHC NEW BUSINESS - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC NEW BUSINESS - ALL OTHER PLANS $42.12 ↓ -89%
AETNA COMM - ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA COMM - ALL OTHER PLANS $43.15 ↓ -89%
SIHO-ALL PLANS SIHO-ALL PLANS $55.42 ↓ -86%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $61.75 ↓ -84%
MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS $62.54 ↓ -84%
ENCORE PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS ENCORE PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $68.01 ↓ -82%
ANTHEM MCR SELECT ANTHEM MCR SELECT $79.17 ↓ -79%
AETNA MCR ADV AETNA MCR ADV $79.17 ↓ -79%

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Warde sugars single qualitative each specimen stool at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $33.34 $4.67 – $75.53
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $39.10 $4.67 – $75.53
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $38.57 $4.67 – $72.80
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $252.60 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $21.77 $4.67 – $55.51
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $9.76 $4.67 – $20.93
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester not published $5.50 – $5.50
GREENVIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL BOWLING GREEN not published $5.31 – $5.67

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