Warde infectious agent nucleic acid genotype hepatitis c 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

$1,809.73

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.

$2,412.97

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.

$218.78 with ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO vs $1,468.36 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 $218.78 ↓ -88%
ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO $218.78 ↓ -88%
HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS $218.78 ↓ -88%
ANTHEM PATH HPN ANTHEM PATH HPN $218.78 ↓ -88%
ANTHEM PATH HMO ANTHEM PATH HMO $218.78 ↓ -88%
ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS $218.78 ↓ -88%
ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS $257.45 ↓ -86%
UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS $257.45 ↓ -86%
AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID $257.45 ↓ -86%
HUMANA MCAID HUMANA MCAID $257.45 ↓ -86%
CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS $257.45 ↓ -86%
MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS $257.45 ↓ -86%
SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS $257.45 ↓ -86%
UHC MCAID UHC MCAID $257.45 ↓ -86%
WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS $257.45 ↓ -86%
ANTHEM MCR ADV ANTHEM MCR ADV $258.74 ↓ -86%
HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $270.32 ↓ -85%
ANTHEM BHS1 ANTHEM BHS1 $361.66 ↓ -80%
MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS $469.88 ↓ -74%
AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT $495.85 ↓ -73%
AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS $495.85 ↓ -73%
ADVANCED MED -ALL PLANS ADVANCED MED -ALL PLANS $528.61 ↓ -71%
CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS $539.77 ↓ -70%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $546.23 ↓ -70%
AETNA-ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $546.23 ↓ -70%
CIGNA - ALL PLANS CIGNA - ALL PLANS $643.14 ↓ -64%
SIHO-ALL PLANS SIHO-ALL PLANS $1,027.85 ↓ -43%
PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,468.36 ↓ -19%
AETNA MCR ADV AETNA MCR ADV $1,468.36 ↓ -19%
PASSPORT MCR/MCAID PASSPORT MCR/MCAID $1,468.36 ↓ -19%

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Warde infectious agent nucleic acid genotype hepatitis c at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $592.80 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $220.30 $127.96 – $415.87
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine $386.40 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $233.82 $218.78 – $580.58
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $318.30 $218.78 – $811.72
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $972.86 $218.78 – $2,204.02
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $1,140.97 $218.78 – $683.41
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $980.94 $218.78 – $2,103.92

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