X-ray skull < 4 views at Baptist Health Paducah
2501 Kentucky Ave, Paducah, KY · Baptisthealth · · NPI 1730264128
$1,259.91
Cash price 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.
$1,679.88
Gross charge 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.
$103.93 with SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS vs $1,679.88 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS | SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS | $103.93 | ↓ -92% |
| ANTHEM MCR ADV | ANTHEM MCR ADV | $104.45 | ↓ -92% |
| UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS | $106.34 | ↓ -92% |
| HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS | HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS | $109.12 | ↓ -91% |
| UHC MCAID | UHC MCAID | $134.39 | ↓ -89% |
| WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS | WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS | $134.39 | ↓ -89% |
| MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS | MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS | $134.39 | ↓ -89% |
| AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID | AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID | $134.39 | ↓ -89% |
| HUMANA MCAID | HUMANA MCAID | $134.39 | ↓ -89% |
| CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS | CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS | $187.07 | ↓ -85% |
| AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT | AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT | $200.16 | ↓ -84% |
| AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS | AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS | $200.16 | ↓ -84% |
| ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS | ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS | $207.85 | ↓ -84% |
| ANTHEM BHS1 | ANTHEM BHS1 | $413.75 | ↓ -67% |
| ANTHEM PATH HMO | ANTHEM PATH HMO | $459.95 | ↓ -63% |
| MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS | MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS | $537.56 | ↓ -57% |
| ADVANCED MED -ALL PLANS | ADVANCED MED -ALL PLANS | $604.76 | ↓ -52% |
| CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS | CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS | $617.52 | ↓ -51% |
| AETNA-ALL OTHER PLANS | AETNA-ALL OTHER PLANS | $624.92 | ↓ -50% |
| PHCS-ALL PLANS | PHCS-ALL PLANS | $624.92 | ↓ -50% |
| ANTHEM PATH HPN | ANTHEM PATH HPN | $646.75 | ↓ -49% |
| HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS | HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS | $678.84 | ↓ -46% |
| ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO | ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO | $718.65 | ↓ -43% |
| ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO | ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO | $718.65 | ↓ -43% |
| CIGNA - ALL PLANS | CIGNA - ALL PLANS | $735.79 | ↓ -42% |
| ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS | ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS | $748.22 | ↓ -41% |
| SIHO-ALL PLANS | SIHO-ALL PLANS | $1,175.92 | ↓ -7% |
| PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS | PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS | $1,679.88 | ↑ +33% |
| AETNA MCR ADV | AETNA MCR ADV | $1,679.88 | ↑ +33% |
| PASSPORT MCR/MCAID | PASSPORT MCR/MCAID | $1,679.88 | ↑ +33% |
Visitor-reported prices
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X-ray skull < 4 views at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Lourdes Hospital | Paducah | $730.80 | not published |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea | Berea | $227.05 | $74.50 – $245.70 |
| Marcum Wallace Hospital | Irvine | $267.60 | not published |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling | Mt. Sterling | $183.98 | $77.66 – $337.61 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London | London | $216.60 | $63.98 – $407.68 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East | Lexington | $266.32 | $67.22 – $603.33 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital | Lexington | $333.90 | $67.22 – $603.33 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital | Bardstown | $342.82 | $67.22 – $548.73 |