Arthrocentesis/aspiration/inj major joint/bursa without Ultrasound guidance (both sides) at Baptist Health Paducah
2501 Kentucky Ave, Paducah, KY · Baptisthealth · · NPI 1730264128
$2,850.77
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.
$3,801.02
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.
$160.79 with WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS vs $2,098.00 with ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO — 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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| WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS | WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS | $160.79 | ↓ -94% |
| HUMANA MCAID | HUMANA MCAID | $160.79 | ↓ -94% |
| AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID | AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID | $160.79 | ↓ -94% |
| MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS | MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS | $160.79 | ↓ -94% |
| UHC MCAID | UHC MCAID | $160.79 | ↓ -94% |
| SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS | SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS | $305.13 | ↓ -89% |
| ANTHEM MCR ADV | ANTHEM MCR ADV | $306.66 | ↓ -89% |
| HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS | HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS | $320.39 | ↓ -89% |
| ANTHEM BHS1 | ANTHEM BHS1 | $495.02 | ↓ -83% |
| CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS | CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS | $549.24 | ↓ -81% |
| AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS | AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS | $587.69 | ↓ -79% |
| ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS | ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS | $610.27 | ↓ -79% |
| MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS | MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS | $643.14 | ↓ -77% |
| ADVANCED MED -ALL PLANS | ADVANCED MED -ALL PLANS | $723.54 | ↓ -75% |
| CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS | CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS | $738.81 | ↓ -74% |
| PHCS-ALL PLANS | PHCS-ALL PLANS | $747.65 | ↓ -74% |
| AETNA-ALL OTHER PLANS | AETNA-ALL OTHER PLANS | $747.65 | ↓ -74% |
| CIGNA - ALL PLANS | CIGNA - ALL PLANS | $880.30 | ↓ -69% |
| ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS | ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS | $895.17 | ↓ -69% |
| UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS | $1,107.41 | ↓ -61% |
| ANTHEM PATH HMO | ANTHEM PATH HMO | $1,343.00 | ↓ -53% |
| SIHO-ALL PLANS | SIHO-ALL PLANS | $1,406.87 | ↓ -51% |
| HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS | HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS | $1,617.00 | ↓ -43% |
| ANTHEM PATH HPN | ANTHEM PATH HPN | $1,888.00 | ↓ -34% |
| PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS | PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS | $2,009.82 | ↓ -29% |
| AETNA MCR ADV | AETNA MCR ADV | $2,009.82 | ↓ -29% |
| PASSPORT MCR/MCAID | PASSPORT MCR/MCAID | $2,009.82 | ↓ -29% |
| ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO | ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO | $2,098.00 | ↓ -26% |
| ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO | ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO | $2,098.00 | ↓ -26% |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/inj major joint/bursa without Ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Lourdes Hospital | Paducah | $5,386.44 | $305.13 – $311.24 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea | Berea | $746.71 | $243.62 – $803.53 |
| Marcum Wallace Hospital | Irvine | $719.40 | not published |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling | Mt. Sterling | $322.87 | $153.63 – $667.94 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London | London | $196.26 | $78.54 – $500.50 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East | Lexington | $815.81 | $228.52 – $850.85 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital | Lexington | $470.89 | $205.31 – $795.34 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital | Bardstown | $445.08 | $172.17 – $888.16 |