Lap impl electrode antrum at Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital Fort Smith

6700 Chad Colley Blvd, Fort Smith, AR · Mercy · · NPI 1699365254

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 16, 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.

$963.69 with MEDICARE vs $963.69 with VACCN-OPTUM CPG — 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
MEDICARE MEDICARE $963.69
AARP MGG AARP $963.69
AETNA MGG AETNA Health Management $963.69
ALLWELL MGG AR Health and Wellness $963.69
AMBETTER HEALTH CPD AR Health and Wellness $963.69
AR HEALTH ADVANTAGE AR Health and Wellness $963.69
AR TRUE BLUE Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield $963.69
BCBS ARKANSAS Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield $963.69
BCBS ARKANSAS 2 MGG Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $963.69
BCBS ARKANSAS MGG Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield $963.69
BCBS EXCHANGE Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield $963.69
BCBS FEDERAL CPD Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield $963.69
BCBS OKLAHOMA Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield $963.69
CIGNA MGG CIGNA Medicare Advantage $963.69
HEALTH CHOICE HealthChoice $963.69
HUMANA CHOICE CARE PPO MGG Humana TriCare $963.69
MEDICAID ARKANSAS Arkansas Medicaid $963.69
MEDICARE PART A MEDICARE PART A $963.69
QUAL CHOICE CPD Qual Choice $963.69
UMR CPD UHC Commercial $963.69
UNH DUAL COMPLETE MGG UHC Medicare Advantage $963.69
UNITED HEALTHCARE MGG United Healthcare of Arkansas $963.69
VACCN-OPTUM CPG Vererans Affairs Community Care Network $963.69

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