Ghs clsd red med malleolus fx w manip at Lourdes Hospital

1530 Lone Oak Rd., Paducah, KY · Mercy · · NPI 1346244126

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$1,762.80

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.

$2,938.00

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.

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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Ghs clsd red med malleolus fx w manip at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $1,012.32 $579.39 – $1,911.00
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine $3,166.80 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $288.06 $164.51 – $715.26
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $1,115.47 $446.40 – $2,844.66
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $294.43 $179.15 – $667.03
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $369.16 $172.19 – $667.03
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $739.53 $307.47 – $1,586.13
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center Williamson $3,441.60 $125.00 – $925.30

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