Contrast x-ray of knee joint at Baptist Health Paducah
2501 Kentucky Ave, Paducah, KY · Baptisthealth · · NPI 1730264128
$2,160.97
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.
$2,881.29
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.
$115.25 with AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID vs $1,440.65 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.
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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| AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID | AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID | $115.25 | ↓ -95% |
| MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS | MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS | $115.25 | ↓ -95% |
| UHC MCAID | UHC MCAID | $115.25 | ↓ -95% |
| WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS | WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS | $115.25 | ↓ -95% |
| HUMANA MCAID | HUMANA MCAID | $115.25 | ↓ -95% |
| SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS | SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS | $346.81 | ↓ -84% |
| ANTHEM MCR ADV | ANTHEM MCR ADV | $348.54 | ↓ -84% |
| ANTHEM BHS1 | ANTHEM BHS1 | $354.83 | ↓ -84% |
| UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS | $357.13 | ↓ -83% |
| HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS | HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS | $364.15 | ↓ -83% |
| ANTHEM PATH HMO | ANTHEM PATH HMO | $394.45 | ↓ -82% |
| MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS | MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS | $461.01 | ↓ -79% |
| ADVANCED MED -ALL PLANS | ADVANCED MED -ALL PLANS | $518.63 | ↓ -76% |
| CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS | CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS | $529.58 | ↓ -75% |
| PHCS-ALL PLANS | PHCS-ALL PLANS | $535.92 | ↓ -75% |
| AETNA-ALL OTHER PLANS | AETNA-ALL OTHER PLANS | $535.92 | ↓ -75% |
| ANTHEM PATH HPN | ANTHEM PATH HPN | $554.65 | ↓ -74% |
| HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS | HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS | $582.17 | ↓ -73% |
| ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO | ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO | $616.31 | ↓ -71% |
| ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO | ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO | $616.31 | ↓ -71% |
| CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS | CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS | $624.25 | ↓ -71% |
| CIGNA - ALL PLANS | CIGNA - ALL PLANS | $631.00 | ↓ -71% |
| ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS | ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS | $641.67 | ↓ -70% |
| AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS | AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS | $667.95 | ↓ -69% |
| AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT | AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT | $667.95 | ↓ -69% |
| ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS | ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS | $693.61 | ↓ -68% |
| SIHO-ALL PLANS | SIHO-ALL PLANS | $1,008.46 | ↓ -53% |
| PASSPORT MCR/MCAID | PASSPORT MCR/MCAID | $1,440.65 | ↓ -33% |
| PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS | PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS | $1,440.65 | ↓ -33% |
| AETNA MCR ADV | AETNA MCR ADV | $1,440.65 | ↓ -33% |
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Contrast x-ray of knee joint at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Lourdes Hospital | Paducah | $910.20 | not published |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea | Berea | $224.16 | $128.30 – $423.15 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling | Mt. Sterling | $413.39 | $236.10 – $1,026.48 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London | London | $225.52 | $90.25 – $575.12 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East | Lexington | $521.38 | $245.63 – $1,181.18 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital | Lexington | $653.70 | $245.63 – $1,181.18 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital | Bardstown | $353.01 | $146.77 – $757.12 |
| Baptist Health Corbin | Corbin | $2,160.97 | $1,440.65 – $2,881.30 |