Echo guide for artery repair 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

$1,224.70

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.

$1,632.93

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.

$130.63 with UHC MCAID vs $1,632.93 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 $130.63 ↓ -89%
HUMANA MCAID HUMANA MCAID $130.63 ↓ -89%
AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID $130.63 ↓ -89%
MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS $130.63 ↓ -89%
WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS $130.63 ↓ -89%
SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS $214.64 ↓ -82%
ANTHEM MCR ADV ANTHEM MCR ADV $215.72 ↓ -82%
HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $225.38 ↓ -82%
CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS $386.36 ↓ -68%
ANTHEM BHS1 ANTHEM BHS1 $402.19 ↓ -67%
AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT $413.40 ↓ -66%
AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS $413.40 ↓ -66%
ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS $429.29 ↓ -65%
ANTHEM PATH HMO ANTHEM PATH HMO $447.10 ↓ -63%
MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS $522.54 ↓ -57%
ADVANCED MED -ALL PLANS ADVANCED MED -ALL PLANS $587.85 ↓ -52%
CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS $600.27 ↓ -51%
AETNA-ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $607.45 ↓ -50%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $607.45 ↓ -50%
ANTHEM PATH HPN ANTHEM PATH HPN $628.68 ↓ -49%
HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS $659.87 ↓ -46%
ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO $698.57 ↓ -43%
ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO $698.57 ↓ -43%
CIGNA - ALL PLANS CIGNA - ALL PLANS $715.22 ↓ -42%
ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS $727.31 ↓ -41%
SIHO-ALL PLANS SIHO-ALL PLANS $1,143.05 ↓ -7%
UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS $1,365.13 ↑ +11%
PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,632.93 ↑ +33%
AETNA MCR ADV AETNA MCR ADV $1,632.93 ↑ +33%
PASSPORT MCR/MCAID PASSPORT MCR/MCAID $1,632.93 ↑ +33%

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Echo guide for artery repair at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $2,059.66 $504.50 – $5,252.52
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $318.93 $194.06 – $722.54
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $440.00 $219.40 – $849.94
Baptist Health Corbin Corbin $1,224.70 $784.00 – $3,265.86
GREENVIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL BOWLING GREEN $2,976.84 $150.97 – $595.01
Baptist Health Lexington Lexington $1,224.70 $210.87 – $1,632.93
Baptist Health Hardin Elizabethtown $1,224.70 $1,632.93 – $3,265.86
Baptist Health La Grange La Grange $1,224.70 $520.92 – $3,265.86

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