Assay of silica at GREENVIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL

478 Lovers Ln, BOWLING GREEN, KY · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1871547703

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

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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.

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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.

$24.35 with Humana vs $33.28 with Wellcare — 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.

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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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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Humana Tricare $24.35
Wellcare MCR $25.21
VA CCN FEDERAL $25.21
United AllPayerAppendix $25.21
United MGMCD $25.21
Anthem BCBS MGMCD $25.21
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $25.21
Coventry Cares MCD $25.21
Devoted Health MGMCR $25.21
Humana MedicareAdvantage $25.21
Anthem MedicareHMO $25.21
Anthem MedicarePPO $25.21
Anthem MedicareSelect $25.21
Aetna MCR $25.21
Molina MCD $25.21
Humana CareSource MGMCD $25.46
United MGMCR $25.71
Horizon Pace MCR $25.97
Wellcare MGMCD $33.28
Wellcare CHIP $33.28
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Assay of silica at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $139.20 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $59.40 $20.01 – $127.40
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester not published $25.21 – $25.21

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