Ortho ewh rgd without jnt cstm w/fit&adj at Mercy Hospital Paris

500 E., Academy Paris, AR · Mercy · · NPI 1760453633

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 8, 2026 · Ingested Sep 8, 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.

$2.12 with PROMINENCE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CONTRACTED [320496] vs $7.20 with INSURANCE SYSTEM INC CONTRACTED [320465] — 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
PROMINENCE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CONTRACTED [320496] HB PRSAR MANAGED MCR $2.12
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CONTRACTED [320010] HB PRSAR MANAGED MCR $2.12
BCBS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CONTRACTED [320047] HB PRSAR MANAGED MCR $2.12
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD [20053] HB PRSAR MANAGED MCR $2.12
CROSS TIMBERS HOSPICE [20098] HB PRSAR MANAGED MCR $2.12
ELARA CARING ASPIRE HOSPICE CONTRACTED [320433] HB PRSAR MANAGED MCR $2.12
ELARA CARING ASPIRE HOSPICE [20433] HB PRSAR MANAGED MCR $2.12
HALO HCR INC HOSPICE CONTRACTED [320432] HB PRSAR MANAGED MCR $2.12
HALO HCR INC HOSPICE [20432] HB PRSAR MANAGED MCR $2.12
HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CONTRACTED [320194] HB PRSAR MANAGED MCR $2.12
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE CONTRACTED [320198] HB PRSAR MANAGED MCR $2.12
KINDFUL HOSPICE CONTRACTED [320434] HB PRSAR MANAGED MCR $2.12
KINDFUL HOSPICE [20434] HB PRSAR MANAGED MCR $2.12
MEDICA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CONTRACTED [320477] HB PRSAR MANAGED MCR $2.12
MERCY HOSPICE OKC [20252] HB PRSAR MANAGED MCR $2.12
UNITED HEALTHCARE CONTRACTED [320396] HB PRSAR MANAGED MCR $2.12
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CONTRACTED [320398] HB PRSAR UHC MCR $2.12
BCBS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE [20047] HB PRSAR MANAGED MCR $2.12
CHEROKEE NATION HEALTH SERV CONTRACTED [320066] HB PRSAR MANAGED MCR $2.12
DEPT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS CONTRACTED [320106] HB PRSAR MANAGED MCR $2.12
GLOBALHEALTH CONTRACTED [320145] HB PRSAR MANAGED MCR $2.12
LONGEVITY HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE CONTRACTED [320225] HB PRSAR MANAGED MCR $2.12
MEDICARE [20244] HB PRSAR MEDICARE $2.12
NHC ADVANTAGE MEDICARE CONTRACTED [320282] HB PRSAR MANAGED MCR $2.12
PROVIDER PARTNERS HEALTH PLANS CONTRACTED [320450] HB PRSAR MANAGED MCR $2.12
QUAL CHOICE CONTRACTED [320325] HB PRSAR MANAGED MCR $2.12
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CONTRACTED [320392] HB PRSAR MANAGED MCR $2.12
AMERICAN HEALTH ADVANTAGE OF MO MCR [20264] HB PRSAR MANAGED MCR $2.12
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE [20198] HB PRSAR MANAGED MCR $2.12
JORDAN VALLEY SENIOR CARE PACE [20515] HB PRSAR MANAGED MCR $2.12
PACE OF THE OZARKS [20518] HB PRSAR MANAGED MCR $2.12
SPINA BIFIDA HLTHCARE BENEFIT [20506] HB PRSAR MANAGED MCR $2.12
VALIR PACE [20503] HB PRSAR MANAGED MCR $2.12
ESSENCE HEALTHCARE MEDICARE CONTRACTED [320122] HB PRSAR ESSENCE MCR $2.16
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CONTRACTED [320421] HB PRSAR NOVASYS MCR 103% $2.18
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE CONTRACTED [320500] HB PRSAR DEVOTED HEALTH MCR $2.20
HEALTHSPRING MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CONTRACTED [320526] HB PRSAR HEALTHSPRING 105% MCR $2.22
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CONTRACTED [320072] HB PRSAR HEALTHSPRING 105% MCR $2.22
TRICARE [20380] HB PRSAR TRICARE $2.28
TRICARE CONTRACTED [320380] HB PRSAR TRICARE $2.28
SUNFLOWER HEALTH PLAN CONTRACTED [320369] HB PRSAR NOVASYS AMBETTER EXCHANGE $3.14
AMBETTER CONTRACTED [320452] HB PRSAR NOVASYS AMBETTER EXCHANGE $3.14
NOVASYS CONTRACTED [320285] HB PRSAR NOVASYS AMBETTER EXCHANGE $3.14
HOME STATE HEALTH PLAN CONTRACTED [320187] HB PRSAR NOVASYS AMBETTER EXCHANGE $3.14
MERCY INTERFACILITY [20513] HB PRSAR Inter-Facility CCR New 6.1.25 $3.42
CENTIVO CONTRACTED [320505] HB PRSAR CENTIVO MCR $3.50
MERCY BENEFIT ADMIN CONTRACTED [320251] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR,BNVAR,BRYV DEC CITY OF JACKSON $4.80
NOVASYS CONTRACTED [320285] HB FTSM NOVASYS $4.80
MERCY BENEFIT ADMIN CONTRACTED [320251] HB FTSM DEC QUIKTRIP CO $4.80
AUXIANT CONTRACTED [320462] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR,BNVAR,BRYV DEC CITY OF JACKSON $4.80
QUAL CHOICE CONTRACTED [320324] HB FTSM,WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR, BNVAR QUAL CHOICE $4.80
AUXIANT CONTRACTED [320462] HB FTSM ROGR DEC BUCHHEIT $4.80
AETNA CONTRACTED [320008] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR,BNVR CONVENTRY/AETNA $5.20
WORKERS COMP [20426] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR,BNVAR WORK COMP AETNA/COVENTRY $5.20
AETNA [20008] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR,BNVR CONVENTRY/AETNA $5.20
REFLECT HEALTH CONTRACTED [320492] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR,BNVAR,BRYV DEC WWWood Products $6.80
MERCY BENEFIT ADMIN CONTRACTED [320251] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR,BNVAR DEC SCHAEFER QCG $6.80
MERCY BENEFIT ADMIN CONTRACTED [320251] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR,BNVAR DEC SHOW ME $6.80
SHOW-ME HEALTH ADMINISTRATORS CONTRACTED [320483] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR,BNVAR DEC ASI $6.80
YUZU HEALTH CONTRACTED [320521] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR,BNVAR, BRYVL DEC LEVEL HEALTH - NEW 01.01.26 $6.80
90 DEGREE BENEFITS CONTRACTED [320436] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR,BNVAR DEC SHOW ME $6.80
MUNICIPAL HEALTH PLAN CONTRACTED [320271] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR MUNICIPAL HEALTH $6.80
EDISON HEALTH SOLUTIONS CONTRACTED [320502] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR,BNVAR DEC WOODARD $6.80
EBMS [20493] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR,BNVAR,BRYV CRADER $6.80
AITHER HEALTH CONTRACTED [320449] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR,BNVAR, BRYVL DEC LACLEDE $6.80
AITHER HEALTH CONTRACTED [320449] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR,BNVAR DEC WOODARD $6.80
HUMANA CONTRACTED [320193] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR HUMANA $6.80
IMAGINE 360 CONTRACTED [320494] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR,BNVAR,BRYV DEC ROBINSON CONSTRUCTION $6.80
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CONTRACTED [320071] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR CIGNA $6.80
EBMS CONTRACTED [320493] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR,BNVAR,BRYV CRADER $6.80
MULTIPLAN [20270] HB FTSM,WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR MULTI PLAN $6.80
MULTIPLAN CONTRACTED [320270] HB FTSM,WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR MULTI PLAN $6.80
HEALTHLINK CONTRACTED [320179] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR,BNVAR,BRYV DEC SAPAUGH $6.80
MERCY BENEFIT ADMIN CONTRACTED [320251] HB HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR,BNVAR,BRYV DEC EASTER SEALS $6.80
MERCY BENEFIT ADMIN CONTRACTED [320251] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR,BNVAR,BRYV DEC SAPAUGH $6.80
MERCY BENEFIT ADMIN CONTRACTED [320251] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR,BNVAR,BRYV DEC TALL TREE $6.80
MERCY BENEFIT ADMIN CONTRACTED [320251] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR,BNVAR,BRYV DEC TOWN AND COUNTRY $6.80
MERCY BENEFIT ADMIN CONTRACTED [320251] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR,BNVAR,BRYVL DEC BARTEL $6.80
TRI STATE HEALTHCARE COALITION CONTRACTED [320379] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR NETWORK AFFILIATION $7.20
PREFERRED HEALTH PLAN CONTRACTED [320522] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR NETWORK AFFILIATION $7.20
PERSONIFY HEALTH CONTRACTED [320051] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR NETWORK AFFILIATION $7.20
MERCY BENEFIT ADMIN CONTRACTED [320251] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR NETWORK AFFILIATION $7.20
FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER CONTRACTED [320127] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR NETWORK AFFILIATION $7.20
POINT C CONTRACTED [320238] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR NETWORK AFFILIATION $7.20
HEALTHLINK CONTRACTED [320179] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR NETWORK AFFILIATION $7.20
HEALTHSCOPE CONTRACTED [320182] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR NETWORK AFFILIATION $7.20
AUXIANT CONTRACTED [320462] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR NETWORK AFFILIATION $7.20
INSURANCE SYSTEM INC CONTRACTED [320465] HB WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR NETWORK AFFILIATION $7.20

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