Blood split unit 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

$595.04

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$793.38

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$63.47 with UHC MCAID vs $793.38 with PASSPORT MCR/MCAID — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
UHC MCAID UHC MCAID $63.47 ↓ -89%
HUMANA MCAID HUMANA MCAID $63.47 ↓ -89%
AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID $63.47 ↓ -89%
MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS $63.47 ↓ -89%
WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS $63.47 ↓ -89%
SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS $155.84 ↓ -74%
ANTHEM MCR ADV ANTHEM MCR ADV $156.62 ↓ -74%
HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $163.63 ↓ -73%
ANTHEM BHS1 ANTHEM BHS1 $195.41 ↓ -67%
ANTHEM PATH HMO ANTHEM PATH HMO $217.23 ↓ -63%
MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS $253.88 ↓ -57%
CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS $280.51 ↓ -53%
ADVANCED MED -ALL PLANS ADVANCED MED -ALL PLANS $285.62 ↓ -52%
CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS $291.65 ↓ -51%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $295.14 ↓ -50%
AETNA-ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $295.14 ↓ -50%
AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS $300.15 ↓ -50%
AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT $300.15 ↓ -50%
ANTHEM PATH HPN ANTHEM PATH HPN $305.45 ↓ -49%
ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS $311.68 ↓ -48%
HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS $320.60 ↓ -46%
ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO $339.41 ↓ -43%
ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO $339.41 ↓ -43%
CIGNA - ALL PLANS CIGNA - ALL PLANS $347.50 ↓ -42%
ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS $353.37 ↓ -41%
SIHO-ALL PLANS SIHO-ALL PLANS $555.37 ↓ -7%
UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS $663.27 ↑ +11%
PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $793.38 ↑ +33%
AETNA MCR ADV AETNA MCR ADV $793.38 ↑ +33%
PASSPORT MCR/MCAID PASSPORT MCR/MCAID $793.38 ↑ +33%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Blood split unit at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $116.18 $66.50 – $219.31
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $75.50 $43.12 – $187.46
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $72.09 $28.85 – $183.82
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $87.17 $53.04 – $197.47
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $109.29 $50.98 – $197.47
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $84.44 $35.11 – $181.09
Baptist Health Corbin Corbin $595.04 $793.38 – $1,586.76
Baptist Health Lexington Lexington $595.04 $155.84 – $793.38

All Kentucky hospitals for this procedure →