(both sides) smear without diff wbc count at GREENVIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL
478 Lovers Ln, BOWLING GREEN, KY · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1871547703
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Cash price 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 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.
$3.31 with Humana vs $4.53 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Humana | Tricare | $3.31 | — |
| Wellcare | MCR | $3.43 | — |
| VA CCN | FEDERAL | $3.43 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $3.43 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $3.43 | — |
| Anthem BCBS | MGMCD | $3.43 | — |
| Sarah Cannon Research | COMM | $3.43 | — |
| Coventry Cares | MCD | $3.43 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $3.43 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantage | $3.43 | — |
| Anthem | MedicareHMO | $3.43 | — |
| Anthem | MedicarePPO | $3.43 | — |
| Anthem | MedicareSelect | $3.43 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $3.43 | — |
| Molina | MCD | $3.43 | — |
| Humana CareSource | MGMCD | $3.46 | — |
| United | MGMCR | $3.50 | — |
| Horizon Pace | MCR | $3.53 | — |
| Wellcare | MGMCD | $4.53 | — |
| Wellcare | CHIP | $4.53 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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(both sides) smear without diff wbc count at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea | Berea | $13.98 | $2.92 – $26.39 |
| Adventhealth Manchester | Manchester | not published | $3.43 – $3.43 |