CMS Price Transparency Data

X-ray, hip

Facility: Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville

Billing Code: 73502 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$36

about 0.4× the $89 Medicare rate · typically $31–$70

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$32

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $4 under the fair price · 0.4× Medicare

Medicare pays $89 Fair price $36 This hospital $32 Cash price $138 Hospital's list price $1,059

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How this hospital compares to other KY hospitals

On the higher side — 6 of 8 other KY hospitals charge less.

Cheapest $23 Priciest $34

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 KY hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a X-ray, hip is about $36 (about 0.4× the $89 Medicare rate). Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville charges insurers about $32, or about $138 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Madisonville, KY.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Humana CignaKaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$10 - $363	11%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$9 - $350	10%
Aetnamajor	$9 - $127	10%
Humanamajor	$9 - $371	10%
Ambetter (Centene)	$152	171%
HealthLink	$362	407%
Molina	$9 - $127	10%
WellCare	$9 - $127	10%
+ 8 smaller / regional plans	$10 - $910

Excludes 2 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 138), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 73502.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 73502.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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Other Procedures at Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville

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Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.