Echo transesophageal at Baptist Health Louisville

4000 Kresge Way, Louisville, KY · Baptisthealth · · NPI 1265539498

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 3, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$2,271.65

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.

$3,028.87

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.

$317.50 with HUMANA MCAID - ALL OTHER PLANS vs $2,886.35 with PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS — 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
HUMANA MCAID - ALL OTHER PLANS HUMANA MCAID - ALL OTHER PLANS $317.50 ↓ -86%
AETNA MCAID AETNA MCAID $317.50 ↓ -86%
WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS $317.50 ↓ -86%
UHC MCAID UHC MCAID $317.50 ↓ -86%
MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS $317.50 ↓ -86%
SIG ADVANTAGE - ALL PLANS SIG ADVANTAGE - ALL PLANS $525.36 ↓ -77%
ANTHEM MCR ADV ANTHEM MCR ADV $527.98 ↓ -77%
HUMANA MCR ADV HUMANA MCR ADV $551.63 ↓ -76%
ANTHEM BHS1 ANTHEM BHS1 $710.91 ↓ -69%
UHC ALL PAYER NEW - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER NEW - ALL OTHER PLANS $912.09 ↓ -60%
AETNA NEW BUS - ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA NEW BUS - ALL OTHER PLANS $943.84 ↓ -58%
CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS $945.64 ↓ -58%
AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT $1,011.84 ↓ -55%
AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,011.84 ↓ -55%
UHC ALL PAYER OLD UHC ALL PAYER OLD $1,030.43 ↓ -55%
ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS $1,050.72 ↓ -54%
AETNA COMM AETNA COMM $1,251.81 ↓ -45%
ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,277.21 ↓ -44%
SIHO EXCLUS NTWRK SIHO EXCLUS NTWRK $1,298.86 ↓ -43%
SIHO DUAL NTWRK SIHO DUAL NTWRK $1,443.18 ↓ -36%
HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS $1,677.00 ↓ -26%
ANTHEM PATH HPN ANTHEM PATH HPN $1,923.00 ↓ -15%
CIGNA - ALL PLANS CIGNA - ALL PLANS $1,943.67 ↓ -14%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $2,020.45 ↓ -11%
SIHO PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS SIHO PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $2,020.45 ↓ -11%
ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO $2,137.00 ↓ -6%
ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO/HIC ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO/HIC $2,137.00 ↓ -6%
ANTHEM PATH HMO ANTHEM PATH HMO $2,137.00 ↓ -6%
ANTHEM INDIANA HMO ANTHEM INDIANA HMO $2,137.00 ↓ -6%
MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS $2,453.40 ↑ +8%
CENTER CARE-ALL PLANS CENTER CARE-ALL PLANS $2,579.82 ↑ +14%
ANTHEM MCR SELECT ANTHEM MCR SELECT $2,886.35 ↑ +27%
PASSPORT MCR/MCD ADV PASSPORT MCR/MCD ADV $2,886.35 ↑ +27%
AETNA MCR ADV AETNA MCR ADV $2,886.35 ↑ +27%
PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $2,886.35 ↑ +27%

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Echo transesophageal at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $924.60 not published
Baptist Health Corbin Corbin $2,271.65 $2,886.35 – $5,772.70
Baptist Health Lexington Lexington $2,271.65 $533.63 – $2,886.35
Baptist Health Hardin Elizabethtown $2,271.65 $2,886.35 – $5,772.70
Baptist Health La Grange La Grange $2,271.65 $2,886.35 – $5,772.70
Baptist Health Paducah Paducah $2,271.65 $543.18 – $2,886.35
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester not published $512.70 – $512.70

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