Blood Culture Test 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

$1,786.40

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.

$1,786.40

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.

$9.97 with Humana vs $1,607.76 with Fortified Provider Network — 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 $9.97 ↓ -99%
Wellcare MCR $10.32 ↓ -99%
VA CCN FEDERAL $10.32 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantage $10.32 ↓ -99%
Anthem MedicareHMO $10.32 ↓ -99%
Anthem MedicarePPO $10.32 ↓ -99%
Anthem MedicareSelect $10.32 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $10.32 ↓ -99%
Molina MCD $10.32 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $10.32 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $10.32 ↓ -99%
Anthem BCBS MGMCD $10.32 ↓ -99%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $10.32 ↓ -99%
Coventry Cares MCD $10.32 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $10.32 ↓ -99%
Humana CareSource MGMCD $10.42 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $10.53 ↓ -99%
Horizon Pace MCR $10.63 ↓ -99%
Wellcare MGMCD $13.62 ↓ -99%
Wellcare CHIP $13.62 ↓ -99%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $286.72 ↓ -84%
Signature Advantage MCRHMO $339.42 ↓ -81%
Humana COMM $469.82 ↓ -74%
Anthem PathwayHMO $474.29 ↓ -73%
Cigna PPO $532.35 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO $532.35 ↓ -70%
Anthem Traditional/HMO/PPO $558.07 ↓ -69%
United OptionsPPO $578.79 ↓ -68%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $803.88 ↓ -55%
CDM Health COMMHMO $875.34 ↓ -51%
Southern Kentucky Rehab COMM $1,339.80 ↓ -25%
Up and Up COMM $1,429.12 ↓ -20%
Occupational MC Alliance COMM $1,429.12 ↓ -20%
Tim Davis and Associates COMM $1,429.12 ↓ -20%
Fortified Provider Network WCOMP $1,607.76 ↓ -10%
MultiPlan COMM $1,607.76 ↓ -10%
Fortified Provider Network COMM $1,607.76 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial not published by hospital

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