Culture body fluid 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.

$8.33 with Humana vs $109.38 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 $8.33
Wellcare MCR $8.62
VA CCN FEDERAL $8.62
Humana MedicareAdvantage $8.62
Anthem MedicareHMO $8.62
Anthem MedicarePPO $8.62
Anthem MedicareSelect $8.62
Aetna MCR $8.62
Molina MCD $8.62
United AllPayerAppendix $8.62
United MGMCD $8.62
Anthem BCBS MGMCD $8.62
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $8.62
Coventry Cares MCD $8.62
Devoted Health MGMCR $8.62
Humana CareSource MGMCD $8.71
United MGMCR $8.79
Horizon Pace MCR $8.88
Wellcare MGMCD $11.38
Wellcare CHIP $11.38
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $19.51
Signature Advantage MCRHMO $23.09
Humana COMM $31.96
Anthem PathwayHMO $32.27
Cigna PPO $36.22
Cigna HMO $36.22
Anthem Traditional/HMO/PPO $37.97
United OptionsPPO $39.38
United GlobalBenefitPlan $54.69
CDM Health COMMHMO $59.55
Southern Kentucky Rehab COMM $91.15
Up and Up COMM $97.22
Occupational MC Alliance COMM $97.22
Tim Davis and Associates COMM $97.22
Fortified Provider Network WCOMP $109.38
MultiPlan COMM $109.38
Fortified Provider Network COMM $109.38
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Culture body fluid at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $84.36 $7.32 – $110.11
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CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $89.79 $7.32 – $144.69
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $59.60 $7.32 – $151.97
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $70.30 $7.32 – $147.42
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $82.44 $7.32 – $147.42
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $96.74 $7.32 – $144.69

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