Str markers specimen anal 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

$1,784.48

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.

$2,379.30

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.

$182.89 with ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO vs $1,761.58 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 $182.89 ↓ -90%
ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO $182.89 ↓ -90%
HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS $182.89 ↓ -90%
ANTHEM PATH HPN ANTHEM PATH HPN $182.89 ↓ -90%
ANTHEM PATH HMO ANTHEM PATH HMO $182.89 ↓ -90%
ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS $182.89 ↓ -90%
ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS $233.07 ↓ -87%
UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS $233.07 ↓ -87%
AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID $233.07 ↓ -87%
HUMANA MCAID HUMANA MCAID $233.07 ↓ -87%
CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS $233.07 ↓ -87%
MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS $233.07 ↓ -87%
SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS $233.07 ↓ -87%
UHC MCAID UHC MCAID $233.07 ↓ -87%
WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS $233.07 ↓ -87%
ANTHEM MCR ADV ANTHEM MCR ADV $234.24 ↓ -87%
HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $244.72 ↓ -86%
ANTHEM BHS1 ANTHEM BHS1 $433.88 ↓ -76%
AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT $448.89 ↓ -75%
AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS $448.89 ↓ -75%
MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS $563.71 ↓ -68%
ADVANCED MED -ALL PLANS ADVANCED MED -ALL PLANS $634.17 ↓ -64%
CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS $647.56 ↓ -64%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $655.31 ↓ -63%
AETNA-ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $655.31 ↓ -63%
CIGNA - ALL PLANS CIGNA - ALL PLANS $771.57 ↓ -57%
SIHO-ALL PLANS SIHO-ALL PLANS $1,233.11 ↓ -31%
PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,761.58 ↓ -1%
AETNA MCR ADV AETNA MCR ADV $1,761.58 ↓ -1%
PASSPORT MCR/MCAID PASSPORT MCR/MCAID $1,761.58 ↓ -1%

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