Lactic acid 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.

$11.17 with Humana vs $1,133.01 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.

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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 $11.17
Wellcare MCR $11.57
VA CCN FEDERAL $11.57
Humana MedicareAdvantage $11.57
Anthem MedicareHMO $11.57
Anthem MedicarePPO $11.57
Anthem MedicareSelect $11.57
Aetna MCR $11.57
Molina MCD $11.57
United AllPayerAppendix $11.57
United MGMCD $11.57
Anthem BCBS MGMCD $11.57
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $11.57
Coventry Cares MCD $11.57
Devoted Health MGMCR $11.57
Humana CareSource MGMCD $11.69
United MGMCR $11.80
Horizon Pace MCR $11.92
Wellcare MGMCD $15.27
Wellcare CHIP $15.27
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $202.05
Signature Advantage MCRHMO $239.19
Humana COMM $331.09
Anthem PathwayHMO $334.24
Cigna PPO $375.15
Cigna HMO $375.15
Anthem Traditional/HMO/PPO $393.28
United OptionsPPO $407.88
United GlobalBenefitPlan $566.51
CDM Health COMMHMO $616.86
Southern Kentucky Rehab COMM $944.17
Up and Up COMM $1,007.12
Occupational MC Alliance COMM $1,007.12
Tim Davis and Associates COMM $1,007.12
Fortified Provider Network WCOMP $1,133.01
MultiPlan COMM $1,133.01
Fortified Provider Network COMM $1,133.01
Aetna Commercial not published by hospital

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Lactic acid at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $58.82 $9.08 – $111.02
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine $67.20 not published
Lourdes Hospital Paducah $91.80 not published
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling $80.26 $9.08 – $199.29
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $51.75 $9.08 – $131.95
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $64.27 $9.08 – $145.60
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $80.58 $9.08 – $145.60
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $61.53 $9.08 – $131.95

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