Red blood cells leukocytes reduced each unit 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

$1,826.41

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.

$2,435.21

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.

$36.00 with ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO vs $2,191.23 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 $36.00 ↓ -98%
ANTHEM PATH HMO ANTHEM PATH HMO $36.00 ↓ -98%
ANTHEM PATH HPN ANTHEM PATH HPN $36.00 ↓ -98%
ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS $36.00 ↓ -98%
ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO $36.00 ↓ -98%
WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS $175.30 ↓ -90%
AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID $175.30 ↓ -90%
HUMANA MCAID HUMANA MCAID $175.30 ↓ -90%
MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS $175.30 ↓ -90%
UHC MCAID UHC MCAID $175.30 ↓ -90%
SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS $184.91 ↓ -90%
ANTHEM MCR ADV ANTHEM MCR ADV $185.83 ↓ -90%
HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $194.16 ↓ -89%
CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS $332.84 ↓ -82%
AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT $356.14 ↓ -81%
AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS $356.14 ↓ -81%
ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS $369.82 ↓ -80%
ANTHEM BHS1 ANTHEM BHS1 $539.70 ↓ -70%
MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS $701.19 ↓ -62%
ADVANCED MED -ALL PLANS ADVANCED MED -ALL PLANS $788.84 ↓ -57%
CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS $805.50 ↓ -56%
AETNA-ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $815.14 ↓ -55%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $815.14 ↓ -55%
HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS $885.48 ↓ -52%
CIGNA - ALL PLANS CIGNA - ALL PLANS $959.76 ↓ -47%
SIHO-ALL PLANS SIHO-ALL PLANS $1,533.86 ↓ -16%
UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS $1,831.87 ↑ +0%
PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $2,191.23 ↑ +20%
AETNA MCR ADV AETNA MCR ADV $2,191.23 ↑ +20%
PASSPORT MCR/MCAID PASSPORT MCR/MCAID $2,191.23 ↑ +20%

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Red blood cells leukocytes reduced each unit at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $657.00 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $231.87 $36.00 – $437.71
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine $581.40 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $210.36 $36.00 – $522.34
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $212.32 $36.00 – $541.45
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $167.50 $36.00 – $379.47
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $196.45 $36.00 – $379.47
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $336.88 $36.00 – $722.54

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