Thyroid mets imag whole body 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

$3,243.62

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.

$4,324.82

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.

$345.99 with UHC MCAID vs $4,324.82 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
UHC MCAID UHC MCAID $345.99 ↓ -89%
HUMANA MCAID HUMANA MCAID $345.99 ↓ -89%
AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID $345.99 ↓ -89%
MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS $345.99 ↓ -89%
WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS $345.99 ↓ -89%
SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS $539.75 ↓ -83%
ANTHEM MCR ADV ANTHEM MCR ADV $542.45 ↓ -83%
HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $566.74 ↓ -83%
CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS $971.55 ↓ -70%
AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT $1,039.56 ↓ -68%
AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,039.56 ↓ -68%
ANTHEM BHS1 ANTHEM BHS1 $1,065.20 ↓ -67%
ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS $1,079.50 ↓ -67%
ANTHEM PATH HMO ANTHEM PATH HMO $1,184.14 ↓ -63%
MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS $1,383.94 ↓ -57%
ADVANCED MED -ALL PLANS ADVANCED MED -ALL PLANS $1,556.94 ↓ -52%
CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS $1,589.80 ↓ -51%
AETNA-ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $1,608.83 ↓ -50%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $1,608.83 ↓ -50%
ANTHEM PATH HPN ANTHEM PATH HPN $1,665.06 ↓ -49%
HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS $1,747.66 ↓ -46%
ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO $1,850.16 ↓ -43%
ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO $1,850.16 ↓ -43%
CIGNA - ALL PLANS CIGNA - ALL PLANS $1,894.27 ↓ -42%
ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,926.27 ↓ -41%
SIHO-ALL PLANS SIHO-ALL PLANS $3,027.37 ↓ -7%
UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS $3,615.55 ↑ +11%
PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $4,324.82 ↑ +33%
AETNA MCR ADV AETNA MCR ADV $4,324.82 ↑ +33%
PASSPORT MCR/MCAID PASSPORT MCR/MCAID $4,324.82 ↑ +33%

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Thyroid mets imag whole body at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $3,251.40 not published
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine $2,317.80 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $508.85 $203.64 – $1,297.66
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $1,254.44 $763.27 – $2,841.93
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $1,471.20 $733.60 – $2,841.93
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $907.54 $377.32 – $1,946.49
Baptist Health Corbin Corbin $3,243.62 $4,324.82 – $8,649.64
GREENVIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL BOWLING GREEN $2,299.05 $227.92 – $1,101.15

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