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Hospital · Short-term acute hospital

Who owns Baptist Health Paducah?

2501 Kentucky Avenue · Paducah, KY · 42003

Overview

Beds190
Discharges9,044cost report 2025
Occupancy64%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)1,207

Baptist Health Paducah is a short-term acute hospital in Paducah, Kentucky, operated by Baptist Health (KY, IN). McCracken County has 3 hospitals, 3 nursing homes and 3 urgent care centers.

Ownership

Baptist Health Paducah is operated by Baptist Health (KY, IN).

Operator
Baptist Health (KY, IN)
Owner group
Baptist Health (KY, IN)
Ownership type
Church
Sources

Ownership history

Every dated change of operator and owner for Baptist Health Paducah, with the source for each.

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Full ownership tree of Baptist Health (KY, IN)

Every entity between this facility and its ultimate owner, with ownership percentages and dates.

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Finances

From the hospital's Medicare cost report, fiscal year ending 2025.

Net patient revenue$489.5M
Operating expenses$457.9M
Net income$51.8M
Net income as a share of net patient revenue10.6%
Uncompensated care cost$6.4M
Charity care cost$3.5M
Medicaid net revenue$41.2M
Medicare disproportionate share percentage9.0%

Payer mix by inpatient days (2025)

  • Commercial and other 69.0%
  • Medicare 29.6%
  • Medicaid 1.3%

Services

Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceDischargesAverage total payment
Heart failure and shock with MCC · 291150$9K
Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 871117$14K
Simple pneumonia and pleurisy with MCC · 19389$10K
Carotid artery stent procedures without CC/MCC · 03678$14K
Pulmonary edema and respiratory failure · 18972$9K

Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceServices
Comprehensive Observation Services · 8011489
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures · 5191258
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage · 5072222
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures · 5114137
Level 5 Urology and Related Services · 5375134

Medicare fee-for-service only. Small counts are suppressed by CMS.

Location and market

Address
2501 Kentucky Avenue · Paducah, KY · 42003
County
McCracken County
State
Kentucky
Hospitals in the county3
Nursing homes3
Urgent care centers3

Nearby hospitals

Sources and identifiers

  • Operator: CMS record · Company website
  • Finances and payer mix: CMS hospital cost reports (HCRIS), fiscal year 2025
  • Services: CMS Medicare inpatient and outpatient utilization
  • Ownership type and beds: CMS Provider of Services file
  • Location: CMS and Census Bureau geography
CMS certification number
180104
NPI
1730264128
Last confirmed
2026-10-23

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