Lactated ringers intravenous solution 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

$119.23

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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.

$158.97

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.

$2.60 with ANTHEM PATH HMO vs $34.60 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 PATH HMO ANTHEM PATH HMO $2.60 ↓ -98%
AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID $2.77 ↓ -98%
UHC MCAID UHC MCAID $2.77 ↓ -98%
HUMANA MCAID HUMANA MCAID $2.77 ↓ -98%
WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS $2.77 ↓ -98%
MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS $2.77 ↓ -98%
ANTHEM PATH HPN ANTHEM PATH HPN $3.06 ↓ -97%
ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO $3.06 ↓ -97%
ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO $3.06 ↓ -97%
ANTHEM BHS1 ANTHEM BHS1 $8.52 ↓ -93%
MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS $11.07 ↓ -91%
ADVANCED MED -ALL PLANS ADVANCED MED -ALL PLANS $12.46 ↓ -90%
CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS $12.72 ↓ -89%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $12.87 ↓ -89%
AETNA-ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $12.87 ↓ -89%
HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS $13.98 ↓ -88%
CIGNA - ALL PLANS CIGNA - ALL PLANS $14.36 ↓ -88%
ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS $15.41 ↓ -87%
SIHO-ALL PLANS SIHO-ALL PLANS $24.22 ↓ -80%
UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS $28.93 ↓ -76%
AETNA MCR ADV AETNA MCR ADV $34.60 ↓ -71%
PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $34.60 ↓ -71%
PASSPORT MCR/MCAID PASSPORT MCR/MCAID $34.60 ↓ -71%

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Lactated ringers intravenous solution at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $25.20 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $11.98 $1.72 – $5.67
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine $37.80 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $9.11 $1.31 – $5.67
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $8.87 $0.89 – $5.67
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $9.99 $1.53 – $5.67
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $12.52 $1.47 – $5.67
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $10.55 $1.10 – $5.67

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