Whole blood or red blood cells frozen/deglycerolized/washed 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

$2,818.95

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.

$3,758.60

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.

$211.75 with UHC MCAID vs $2,646.87 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 $211.75 ↓ -92%
HUMANA MCAID HUMANA MCAID $211.75 ↓ -92%
AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID $211.75 ↓ -92%
MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS $211.75 ↓ -92%
WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS $211.75 ↓ -92%
SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS $265.19 ↓ -91%
ANTHEM MCR ADV ANTHEM MCR ADV $266.52 ↓ -91%
HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $278.45 ↓ -90%
CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS $477.34 ↓ -83%
AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT $510.76 ↓ -82%
AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS $510.76 ↓ -82%
ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS $530.38 ↓ -81%
ANTHEM BHS1 ANTHEM BHS1 $651.92 ↓ -77%
ANTHEM PATH HMO ANTHEM PATH HMO $724.71 ↓ -74%
MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS $847.00 ↓ -70%
ADVANCED MED -ALL PLANS ADVANCED MED -ALL PLANS $952.87 ↓ -66%
CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS $972.99 ↓ -65%
AETNA-ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $984.64 ↓ -65%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $984.64 ↓ -65%
ANTHEM PATH HPN ANTHEM PATH HPN $1,019.04 ↓ -64%
HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS $1,069.60 ↓ -62%
ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO $1,132.33 ↓ -60%
ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO $1,132.33 ↓ -60%
CIGNA - ALL PLANS CIGNA - ALL PLANS $1,159.33 ↓ -59%
ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,178.92 ↓ -58%
SIHO-ALL PLANS SIHO-ALL PLANS $1,852.81 ↓ -34%
UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS $2,212.78 ↓ -22%
PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $2,646.87 ↓ -6%
AETNA MCR ADV AETNA MCR ADV $2,646.87 ↓ -6%
PASSPORT MCR/MCAID PASSPORT MCR/MCAID $2,646.87 ↓ -6%

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Whole blood or red blood cells frozen/deglycerolized/washed leukocytes reduced each unit at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $356.24 $203.90 – $672.49
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $300.52 $171.63 – $746.20
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $286.90 $114.82 – $731.64
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $345.04 $209.94 – $781.69
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $404.67 $201.78 – $781.69
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $330.10 $137.24 – $707.98
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Baptist Health Lexington Lexington $2,818.95 $265.19 – $2,646.87

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