Echo tte 2d comp wo ctrst wo clr/dplr 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

$2,827.04

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.

$3,769.38

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.

$237.19 with SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS vs $3,248.92 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
SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS $237.19 ↓ -92%
ANTHEM MCR ADV ANTHEM MCR ADV $238.37 ↓ -92%
HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $249.05 ↓ -91%
UHC MCAID UHC MCAID $259.91 ↓ -91%
HUMANA MCAID HUMANA MCAID $259.91 ↓ -91%
AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID $259.91 ↓ -91%
MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS $259.91 ↓ -91%
WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS $259.91 ↓ -91%
CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS $426.94 ↓ -85%
AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS $456.82 ↓ -84%
AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT $456.82 ↓ -84%
ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS $474.38 ↓ -83%
ANTHEM BHS1 ANTHEM BHS1 $800.21 ↓ -72%
ANTHEM PATH HMO ANTHEM PATH HMO $889.55 ↓ -69%
MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS $1,039.65 ↓ -63%
ADVANCED MED -ALL PLANS ADVANCED MED -ALL PLANS $1,169.61 ↓ -59%
CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS $1,194.30 ↓ -58%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $1,208.60 ↓ -57%
AETNA-ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $1,208.60 ↓ -57%
ANTHEM PATH HPN ANTHEM PATH HPN $1,250.83 ↓ -56%
HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS $1,312.89 ↓ -54%
ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO $1,389.89 ↓ -51%
ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO $1,389.89 ↓ -51%
CIGNA - ALL PLANS CIGNA - ALL PLANS $1,423.03 ↓ -50%
ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,447.07 ↓ -49%
SIHO-ALL PLANS SIHO-ALL PLANS $2,274.24 ↓ -20%
UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS $2,716.10 ↓ -4%
PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $3,248.92 ↑ +15%
AETNA MCR ADV AETNA MCR ADV $3,248.92 ↑ +15%
PASSPORT MCR/MCAID PASSPORT MCR/MCAID $3,248.92 ↑ +15%

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Echo tte 2d comp wo ctrst wo clr/dplr at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $1,696.80 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $464.22 $265.70 – $876.33
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $884.69 $505.26 – $2,196.74
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $1,635.74 $654.60 – $4,171.44
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $288.41 $175.48 – $653.38
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $305.27 $152.22 – $589.68
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $1,503.66 $625.17 – $3,225.04
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $1,610.15 $223.88 – $223.88

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