Chg radiologic exam esophagus double contrast at GREENVIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL
478 Lovers Ln, BOWLING GREEN, KY · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1871547703
$793.34
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.
$793.34
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.
$55.53 with Anthem BCBS vs $714.01 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.
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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| Anthem BCBS | MGMCD | $55.53 | ↓ -93% |
| United | MGMCD | $55.53 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | MCD | $55.53 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana CareSource | MGMCD | $56.09 | ↓ -93% |
| Southern Kentucky Rehab | COMM | $71.67 | ↓ -91% |
| Coventry Cares | MCD | $111.07 | ↓ -86% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $127.33 | ↓ -84% |
| Signature Advantage | MCRHMO | $150.73 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | COMM | $208.65 | ↓ -74% |
| Anthem | PathwayHMO | $210.63 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna | HMO | $236.42 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | PPO | $236.42 | ↓ -70% |
| Anthem | Traditional/HMO/PPO | $247.84 | ↓ -69% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $257.04 | ↓ -68% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $357.00 | ↓ -55% |
| CDM Health | COMMHMO | $388.74 | ↓ -51% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $401.74 | ↓ -49% |
| Humana | Tricare | $595.00 | ↓ -25% |
| Occupational MC Alliance | COMM | $634.67 | ↓ -20% |
| Tim Davis and Associates | COMM | $634.67 | ↓ -20% |
| Up and Up | COMM | $634.67 | ↓ -20% |
| Fortified Provider Network | WCOMP | $714.01 | ↓ -10% |
| MultiPlan | COMM | $714.01 | ↓ -10% |
| Fortified Provider Network | COMM | $714.01 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
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Chg radiologic exam esophagus double contrast at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea | Berea | $309.97 | $177.41 – $585.13 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling | Mt. Sterling | $254.34 | $145.26 – $631.54 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London | London | $287.97 | $115.24 – $734.37 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East | Lexington | $221.33 | $134.67 – $501.41 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital | Lexington | $277.50 | $129.43 – $501.41 |
| Baptist Health Corbin | Corbin | $1,609.03 | $2,145.37 – $4,290.74 |
| Baptist Health Lexington | Lexington | $1,609.03 | $171.30 – $2,145.37 |
| Baptist Health Hardin | Elizabethtown | $1,609.03 | $178.02 – $4,290.74 |