15/100
#2,285 nationally
Baptist Health Paducah
2501 Kentucky Avenue, Paducah, KY 42003 · (270) 575-2100
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Baptist Health Paducah billed $9.35 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 9.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 112
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in KY
- #48
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 14% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 10% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 23% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 10% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
489 | $29,180 | $2,473 | +50% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
258 | $37,595 | $2,953 | +49% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
222 | $17,144 | $1,462 | +70% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
150 | $42,708 | $8,967 | about average |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
137 | $61,777 | $6,469 | +55% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
134 | $44,648 | $4,685 | +63% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
133 | $53,646 | $5,163 | +53% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
118 | $15,520 | $1,741 | +32% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
117 | $66,049 | $14,071 | about average |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
117 | $353,514 | $21,159 | +167% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$239,649 | $19,965 | +197% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$112,308 | $7,773 | +197% |
|
Level 3 ENT Procedures
APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,016 | $1,395 | +182% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$314,694 | $28,326 | +179% |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$260,337 | $17,787 | +173% |
|
Level 8 Urology and Related Services
APC 5378 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$233,399 | $18,413 | +170% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$138,030 | $9,762 | +168% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$353,514 | $21,159 | +167% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 394 · Inpatient stay |
$26,186 | $6,724 | -33% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$22,289 | $5,748 | -29% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 854 · Inpatient stay |
$62,117 | $15,312 | -25% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$36,597 | $9,169 | -25% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$59,079 | $13,805 | -25% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours
MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay |
$85,735 | $18,939 | -24% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$23,672 | $6,281 | -22% |
|
COPD (with complications)
MS-DRG 191 · Inpatient stay |
$26,051 | $5,923 | -22% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.