Heparin assay 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

$785.23

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.

$785.23

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.

$12.64 with Humana vs $706.71 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 $12.64 ↓ -98%
Wellcare MCR $13.09 ↓ -98%
VA CCN FEDERAL $13.09 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantage $13.09 ↓ -98%
Anthem MedicareHMO $13.09 ↓ -98%
Anthem MedicarePPO $13.09 ↓ -98%
Anthem MedicareSelect $13.09 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $13.09 ↓ -98%
Molina MCD $13.09 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.09 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $13.09 ↓ -98%
Anthem BCBS MGMCD $13.09 ↓ -98%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $13.09 ↓ -98%
Coventry Cares MCD $13.09 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $13.09 ↓ -98%
Humana CareSource MGMCD $13.22 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $13.35 ↓ -98%
Horizon Pace MCR $13.48 ↓ -98%
Wellcare MGMCD $17.28 ↓ -98%
Wellcare CHIP $17.28 ↓ -98%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $126.03 ↓ -84%
Signature Advantage MCRHMO $149.19 ↓ -81%
Humana COMM $206.52 ↓ -74%
Anthem PathwayHMO $208.48 ↓ -73%
Cigna PPO $234.00 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO $234.00 ↓ -70%
Anthem Traditional/HMO/PPO $245.31 ↓ -69%
United OptionsPPO $254.41 ↓ -68%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $353.35 ↓ -55%
CDM Health COMMHMO $384.76 ↓ -51%
Southern Kentucky Rehab COMM $588.92 ↓ -25%
Up and Up COMM $628.18 ↓ -20%
Occupational MC Alliance COMM $628.18 ↓ -20%
Tim Davis and Associates COMM $628.18 ↓ -20%
Fortified Provider Network WCOMP $706.71 ↓ -10%
MultiPlan COMM $706.71 ↓ -10%
Fortified Provider Network COMM $706.71 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial not published by hospital

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Heparin assay at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $36.64 $11.12 – $69.16
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine $128.40 not published
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $207.00 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $156.13 $11.12 – $387.66
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $81.72 $11.12 – $208.39
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $124.12 $11.12 – $281.19
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $145.57 $11.12 – $281.19
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $88.26 $11.12 – $189.28

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