MRI breast w IV cont bi 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

$3,525.36

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.

$4,700.48

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.

$24.00 with UHC MCAID vs $1,693.00 with ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS — 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 $24.00 ↓ -99%
HUMANA MCAID HUMANA MCAID $24.00 ↓ -99%
AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID $24.00 ↓ -99%
WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS $24.00 ↓ -99%
MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS $24.00 ↓ -99%
ANTHEM BHS1 ANTHEM BHS1 $73.89 ↓ -98%
MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS $96.00 ↓ -97%
ADVANCED MED -ALL PLANS ADVANCED MED -ALL PLANS $108.00 ↓ -97%
SIHO-ALL PLANS SIHO-ALL PLANS $210.00 ↓ -94%
PASSPORT MCR/MCAID PASSPORT MCR/MCAID $300.00 ↓ -91%
PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $300.00 ↓ -91%
AETNA MCR ADV AETNA MCR ADV $300.00 ↓ -91%
SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS $310.43 ↓ -91%
ANTHEM MCR ADV ANTHEM MCR ADV $311.98 ↓ -91%
HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $325.95 ↓ -91%
ANTHEM PATH HMO ANTHEM PATH HMO $467.00 ↓ -87%
CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS $558.77 ↓ -84%
HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS $562.00 ↓ -84%
AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS $597.89 ↓ -83%
AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT $597.89 ↓ -83%
UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS $620.00 ↓ -82%
ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS $620.86 ↓ -82%
ANTHEM PATH HPN ANTHEM PATH HPN $657.00 ↓ -81%
ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO $730.00 ↓ -79%
ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO $730.00 ↓ -79%
AETNA-ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $742.00 ↓ -79%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $742.00 ↓ -79%
CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS $792.00 ↓ -78%
CIGNA - ALL PLANS CIGNA - ALL PLANS $800.00 ↓ -77%
ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,693.00 ↓ -52%

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MRI breast w IV cont bi at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $1,691.40 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $465.67 $266.52 – $879.06
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $354.02 $202.19 – $879.06
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $338.28 $135.38 – $862.68
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $431.81 $262.73 – $978.25
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $541.39 $229.97 – $890.89
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $370.83 $154.18 – $795.34
Baptist Health Corbin Corbin $3,525.36 $300.00 – $1,426.00

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