Fluoroguide needle placement at Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith
3601 S. 79th St, Fort Smith, AR · Mercy · · NPI 1568433480
$494.65
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.
$761.00
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.
$65.45 with MEDICAID [20240] vs $646.85 with MULTIPLAN [20270] — 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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| MEDICAID [20240] | HB FTSM ARK MEDICAID | $65.45 | ↓ -87% |
| ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH [20036] | HB FTSM ARK MEDICAID | $65.45 | ↓ -87% |
| SUMMIT COMMUNITY CARE [20368] | HB FTSM ARK MEDICAID | $65.45 | ↓ -87% |
| SUMMIT COMMUNITY CARE CONTRACTED [320368] | HB FTSM SUMMIT | $65.45 | ↓ -87% |
| CARESOURCE MEDICAID [20460] | HB FTSM CARESOURCE MEDICAID | $66.76 | ↓ -87% |
| CARESOURCE MEDICAID CONTRACTED [320460] | HB FTSM CARESOURCE MEDICAID | $66.76 | ↓ -87% |
| MEDICAID [20240] | HB FTSM OK MEDICAID | $74.68 | ↓ -85% |
| BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD [20053] | HB FTSM BCBS EXCHANGE | $75.65 | ↓ -85% |
| NOVASYS CONTRACTED [320285] | HB FTSM NOVASYS | $75.87 | ↓ -85% |
| EMPOWER HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS MEDICAID CONTRACTED [320118] | HB FTSM PASSE EMPOWER | $83.12 | ↓ -83% |
| EMPOWER HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS MEDICAID [20118] | HB FTSM PASSE EMPOWER | $83.12 | ↓ -83% |
| USABLE CONTRACTED [320409] | HB FTSM BLUE CROSS | $84.73 | ↓ -83% |
| BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD [20053] | HB FTSM BLUE CROSS | $84.73 | ↓ -83% |
| MC ANTHEM [20455] | HB FTSM BLUE CROSS | $84.73 | ↓ -83% |
| OKLAHOMA COMPLETE HEALTH MEDICAID CONTRACTED [320485] | HB FTSM OK MANAGED MEDICAID | $98.38 | ↓ -80% |
| HUMANA MEDICAID CONTRACTED [320486] | HB FTSM OK MANAGED MEDICAID | $98.38 | ↓ -80% |
| AETNA MEDICAID CONTRACTED [320009] | HB FTSM OK MANAGED MEDICAID | $98.38 | ↓ -80% |
| AETNA CONTRACTED [320008] | HB FTSM COVENTRY/AETNA | $103.52 | ↓ -79% |
| AETNA [20008] | HB FTSM COVENTRY/AETNA | $103.52 | ↓ -79% |
| FIRST HEALTH CONTRACTED [320128] | HB FTSM FIRST HEALTH_CCN | $145.58 | ↓ -71% |
| ARKANSAS TOTAL CARE [20039] | HB FTSM PASSE AR TOTAL CARE | $148.57 | ↓ -70% |
| ARKANSAS TOTAL CARE CONTRACTED [320039] | HB FTSM PASSE AR TOTAL CARE | $148.57 | ↓ -70% |
| MERCY INTERFACILITY [20513] | HB FTSM Inter-Facility CCR New 6.1.25 | $167.57 | ↓ -66% |
| EDISON HEALTH SOLUTIONS CONTRACTED [320502] | HB FTSM DEC WOODARD | $190.25 | ↓ -62% |
| YUZU HEALTH CONTRACTED [320521] | HB FTSM DEC LEVEL HEALTH - NEW 01.01.26 | $190.25 | ↓ -62% |
| MERCY BENEFIT ADMIN CONTRACTED [320251] | HB FTSM DEC SCHAEFER QCG | $190.25 | ↓ -62% |
| AITHER HEALTH CONTRACTED [320449] | HB FTSM DEC LACLEDE - NEW 07.01.25 | $190.25 | ↓ -62% |
| MERCY BENEFIT ADMIN CONTRACTED [320251] | HB FTSM DEC TALL TREE | $190.25 | ↓ -62% |
| AITHER HEALTH CONTRACTED [320449] | HB FTSM DEC WOODARD | $190.25 | ↓ -62% |
| MERCY BENEFIT ADMIN CONTRACTED [320251] | HB FTSM DEC BARTEL | $190.25 | ↓ -62% |
| HEALTH CHOICE CONTRACTED [320166] | HB FTSM OKLAHOMA STATE AND EDUCATION EMPLOYEES | $198.02 | ↓ -60% |
| QUAL CHOICE CONTRACTED [320324] | HB FTSM,WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR, BNVAR QUAL CHOICE | $216.54 | ↓ -56% |
| SHOW-ME HEALTH ADMINISTRATORS CONTRACTED [320483] | HB FTSM ROGR DEC ASI | $380.50 | ↓ -23% |
| MERCY BENEFIT ADMIN CONTRACTED [320251] | HB FTSM DEC TOWN AND COUNTRY | $380.50 | ↓ -23% |
| 90 DEGREE BENEFITS CONTRACTED [320436] | HB FTSM DEC SHOW ME | $380.50 | ↓ -23% |
| MERCY BENEFIT ADMIN CONTRACTED [320251] | HB FTSM DEC SHOW ME | $380.50 | ↓ -23% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE CONTRACTED [320071] | HB FTSM CIGNA | $433.77 | ↓ -12% |
| MERCY BENEFIT ADMIN CONTRACTED [320251] | HB FTSM DEC QUIKTRIP CO | $456.60 | ↓ -8% |
| MERCY BENEFIT ADMIN CONTRACTED [320251] | HB FTSM DEC HERMAN | $456.60 | ↓ -8% |
| MERCY BENEFIT ADMIN CONTRACTED [320251] | HB FTSM ROGR CAH DEC SAPAUGH | $456.60 | ↓ -8% |
| MERCY BENEFIT ADMIN CONTRACTED [320251] | HB FTSM ROGR DEC CITY OF JACKSON | $456.60 | ↓ -8% |
| MERCY BENEFIT ADMIN CONTRACTED [320251] | HB FTSM ROGR DEC EASTER SEALS | $456.60 | ↓ -8% |
| HEALTHLINK CONTRACTED [320179] | HB FTSM ROGR CAH DEC SAPAUGH | $456.60 | ↓ -8% |
| IMAGINE 360 CONTRACTED [320494] | HB FTSM ROGR DEC ROBINSON CONSTRUCTION | $456.60 | ↓ -8% |
| REFLECT HEALTH CONTRACTED [320492] | HB FTSM DEC WWWood Products | $456.60 | ↓ -8% |
| EBMS CONTRACTED [320493] | HB FTSM CRADER | $456.60 | ↓ -8% |
| EBMS [20493] | HB FTSM CRADER | $456.60 | ↓ -8% |
| AUXIANT CONTRACTED [320462] | HB FTSM ROGR DEC CITY OF JACKSON | $456.60 | ↓ -8% |
| AUXIANT CONTRACTED [320462] | HB FTSM ROGR DEC BUCHHEIT | $456.60 | ↓ -8% |
| MUNICIPAL HEALTH PLAN CONTRACTED [320271] | HB FTSM MUNICIPAL HEALTH | $456.60 | ↓ -8% |
| PERSONIFY HEALTH CONTRACTED [320051] | HB FTSM NET AFFILIATION | $494.65 | ↑ +0% |
| AUXIANT CONTRACTED [320462] | HB FTSM NET AFFILIATION | $494.65 | ↑ +0% |
| HEALTHLINK CONTRACTED [320179] | HB FTSM NET AFFILIATION | $494.65 | ↑ +0% |
| PREFERRED HEALTH PLAN CONTRACTED [320522] | HB FTSM NET AFFILIATION | $494.65 | ↑ +0% |
| INSURANCE SYSTEM INC CONTRACTED [320465] | HB FTSM NET AFFILIATION | $494.65 | ↑ +0% |
| WORKERS COMP [20426] | HB FTSM WORK COMP AETNA/COVENTRY | $494.65 | ↑ +0% |
| EMPLOYERS HEALTH COALITION CONTRACTED [320116] | HB FTSM EHC NON EXCLUSIVE | $532.70 | ↑ +8% |
| PPO PLUS CONTRACTED [320310] | HB FTSM PPO PLUS | $570.75 | ↑ +15% |
| PRIVATE HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS [20320] | HB FTSM PHCS | $608.80 | ↑ +23% |
| PRIVATE HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS CONTRACTED [320320] | HB FTSM PHCS | $608.80 | ↑ +23% |
| HUMANA CONTRACTED [320193] | HB FTSM HUMANA | $608.80 | ↑ +23% |
| MULTIPLAN CONTRACTED [320270] | HB FTSM,WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR MULTI PLAN | $646.85 | ↑ +31% |
| MULTIPLAN [20270] | HB FTSM,WLDAR,OZKAR,PRSAR MULTI PLAN | $646.85 | ↑ +31% |
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Fluoroguide needle placement at other Arkansas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospital Berryville | Berryville | $428.35 | $65.45 – $216.54 |