Warde cadmium blood 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

$291.38

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.

$388.51

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.

$19.67 with ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO vs $388.51 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 $19.67 ↓ -93%
ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO $19.67 ↓ -93%
HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS $19.67 ↓ -93%
ANTHEM PATH HPN ANTHEM PATH HPN $19.67 ↓ -93%
ANTHEM PATH HMO ANTHEM PATH HMO $19.67 ↓ -93%
ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS $19.67 ↓ -93%
ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS $23.64 ↓ -92%
UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS $23.64 ↓ -92%
AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID $23.64 ↓ -92%
HUMANA MCAID HUMANA MCAID $23.64 ↓ -92%
CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS $23.64 ↓ -92%
MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS $23.64 ↓ -92%
SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS $23.64 ↓ -92%
UHC MCAID UHC MCAID $23.64 ↓ -92%
WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS $23.64 ↓ -92%
ANTHEM MCR ADV ANTHEM MCR ADV $23.76 ↓ -92%
HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $24.82 ↓ -91%
AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT $45.53 ↓ -84%
AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS $45.53 ↓ -84%
ANTHEM BHS1 ANTHEM BHS1 $95.69 ↓ -67%
MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS $124.32 ↓ -57%
ADVANCED MED -ALL PLANS ADVANCED MED -ALL PLANS $139.86 ↓ -52%
CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS $142.82 ↓ -51%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $144.53 ↓ -50%
AETNA-ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $144.53 ↓ -50%
CIGNA - ALL PLANS CIGNA - ALL PLANS $170.17 ↓ -42%
SIHO-ALL PLANS SIHO-ALL PLANS $271.96 ↓ -7%
PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $388.51 ↑ +33%
AETNA MCR ADV AETNA MCR ADV $388.51 ↑ +33%
PASSPORT MCR/MCAID PASSPORT MCR/MCAID $388.51 ↑ +33%

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Warde cadmium blood at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $102.00 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $54.00 $19.67 – $101.92
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine $45.00 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $24.19 $19.67 – $60.06
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $59.60 $19.67 – $151.97
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $43.79 $19.67 – $99.19
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $51.35 $19.67 – $99.19
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $10.61 $18.25 – $47.28

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