Biopsy abdominal mass at Baptist Health Paducah

2501 Kentucky Ave, Paducah, KY · Baptisthealth · · NPI 1730264128

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

$6,058.70

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.

$8,078.26

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.

$646.26 with UHC MCAID vs $8,078.26 with PASSPORT MCR/MCAID — 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
UHC MCAID UHC MCAID $646.26 ↓ -89%
HUMANA MCAID HUMANA MCAID $646.26 ↓ -89%
AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID $646.26 ↓ -89%
MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS $646.26 ↓ -89%
WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS $646.26 ↓ -89%
ANTHEM PATH HMO ANTHEM PATH HMO $1,343.00 ↓ -78%
HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS $1,617.00 ↓ -73%
SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS $1,641.81 ↓ -73%
ANTHEM MCR ADV ANTHEM MCR ADV $1,650.02 ↓ -73%
HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,723.90 ↓ -72%
ANTHEM PATH HPN ANTHEM PATH HPN $1,888.00 ↓ -69%
ANTHEM BHS1 ANTHEM BHS1 $1,989.68 ↓ -67%
ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO $2,098.00 ↓ -65%
ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO $2,098.00 ↓ -65%
MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS $2,585.04 ↓ -57%
ADVANCED MED -ALL PLANS ADVANCED MED -ALL PLANS $2,908.17 ↓ -52%
CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS $2,955.26 ↓ -51%
CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS $2,969.57 ↓ -51%
AETNA-ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $3,005.11 ↓ -50%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $3,005.11 ↓ -50%
AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS $3,162.13 ↓ -48%
ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS $3,283.62 ↓ -46%
CIGNA - ALL PLANS CIGNA - ALL PLANS $3,538.28 ↓ -42%
ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS $3,598.06 ↓ -41%
UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS $4,451.12 ↓ -27%
SIHO-ALL PLANS SIHO-ALL PLANS $5,654.78 ↓ -7%
PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $8,078.26 ↑ +33%
AETNA MCR ADV AETNA MCR ADV $8,078.26 ↑ +33%
PASSPORT MCR/MCAID PASSPORT MCR/MCAID $8,078.26 ↑ +33%

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Biopsy abdominal mass at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $2,442.00 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $942.41 $377.14 – $2,403.31
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $891.32 $542.33 – $2,019.29
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $1,045.34 $521.25 – $2,019.29
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $2,259.30 $939.33 – $4,845.75
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $1,870.93 $1,549.68 – $1,549.68
Baptist Health Corbin Corbin $6,058.70 $8,078.26 – $16,156.52
Baptist Health Lexington Lexington $6,058.70 $1,612.96 – $8,078.26

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