Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) MRI (without contrast) at GREENVIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL
478 Lovers Ln, BOWLING GREEN, KY · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1871547703
$17,106.64
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.
$17,106.64
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.
$116.08 with Southern Kentucky Rehab vs $15,395.98 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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| Southern Kentucky Rehab | COMM | $116.08 | ↓ -99% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $517.79 | ↓ -97% |
| Anthem BCBS | MGMCD | $1,197.46 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | MCD | $1,197.46 | ↓ -93% |
| United | MGMCD | $1,197.46 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana CareSource | MGMCD | $1,209.44 | ↓ -93% |
| Coventry Cares | MCD | $2,394.93 | ↓ -86% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $2,745.62 | ↓ -84% |
| Signature Advantage | MCRHMO | $3,250.26 | ↓ -81% |
| Cigna | HMO | $5,097.78 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | PPO | $5,097.78 | ↓ -70% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $5,542.55 | ↓ -68% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $7,697.99 | ↓ -55% |
| Humana | Tricare | $12,829.98 | ↓ -25% |
| Occupational MC Alliance | COMM | $13,685.31 | ↓ -20% |
| Tim Davis and Associates | COMM | $13,685.31 | ↓ -20% |
| Up and Up | COMM | $13,685.31 | ↓ -20% |
| Fortified Provider Network | WCOMP | $15,395.98 | ↓ -10% |
| MultiPlan | COMM | $15,395.98 | ↓ -10% |
| Fortified Provider Network | COMM | $15,395.98 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) MRI (without contrast) at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea | Berea | $928.44 | $531.39 – $1,752.66 |
| Marcum Wallace Hospital | Irvine | $2,091.60 | not published |
| Lourdes Hospital | Paducah | $2,273.40 | not published |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling | Mt. Sterling | $839.98 | $479.72 – $2,085.72 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London | London | $1,131.53 | $431.15 – $2,885.61 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East | Lexington | $1,033.51 | $431.15 – $2,341.43 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital | Lexington | $1,101.87 | $431.15 – $2,128.49 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital | Bardstown | $1,263.09 | $431.15 – $2,709.07 |