External tissue culture neoplastic disorders bone marrow/blood cells 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

$992.34

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.

$1,323.12

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.

$107.34 with ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO vs $638.54 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
ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO $107.34 ↓ -89%
ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO $107.34 ↓ -89%
HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS $107.34 ↓ -89%
ANTHEM PATH HPN ANTHEM PATH HPN $107.34 ↓ -89%
ANTHEM PATH HMO ANTHEM PATH HMO $107.34 ↓ -89%
ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS $107.34 ↓ -89%
ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS $143.75 ↓ -86%
UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS $143.75 ↓ -86%
AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID $143.75 ↓ -86%
HUMANA MCAID HUMANA MCAID $143.75 ↓ -86%
CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS $143.75 ↓ -86%
MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS $143.75 ↓ -86%
SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS $143.75 ↓ -86%
UHC MCAID UHC MCAID $143.75 ↓ -86%
WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS $143.75 ↓ -86%
ANTHEM MCR ADV ANTHEM MCR ADV $144.47 ↓ -85%
HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $150.94 ↓ -85%
ANTHEM BHS1 ANTHEM BHS1 $157.27 ↓ -84%
MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS $204.33 ↓ -79%
ADVANCED MED -ALL PLANS ADVANCED MED -ALL PLANS $229.87 ↓ -77%
CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS $234.73 ↓ -76%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $237.54 ↓ -76%
AETNA-ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $237.54 ↓ -76%
AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS $276.86 ↓ -72%
AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT $276.86 ↓ -72%
CIGNA - ALL PLANS CIGNA - ALL PLANS $279.68 ↓ -72%
SIHO-ALL PLANS SIHO-ALL PLANS $446.98 ↓ -55%
PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $638.54 ↓ -36%
AETNA MCR ADV AETNA MCR ADV $638.54 ↓ -36%
PASSPORT MCR/MCAID PASSPORT MCR/MCAID $638.54 ↓ -36%

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External tissue culture neoplastic disorders bone marrow/blood cells at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $438.00 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $143.66 $83.44 – $271.18
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine $249.00 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $415.23 $107.34 – $1,031.03
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $64.95 $107.34 – $287.50
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $318.93 $107.34 – $722.54
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $399.88 $107.34 – $722.54
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $148.50 $107.34 – $318.50

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