Change cystostomy tube simple at CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs

300 Werner Street, Hot Springs, AR · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1619915949

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$633.00

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$633.00

Gross charge

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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.

$218.53 with BCBS - AR vs $6,955.00 with Municipal Health Benefits — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
BCBS - AR Commercial|All Other Plans $218.53 ↓ -65%
BCBS - AR Commercial|TrueBlue Exchange $218.53 ↓ -65%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $231.23 ↓ -63%
BCBS - AR Medicare|PFFS $231.23 ↓ -63%
BCBS - AR Medicare|HMO PPO $238.17 ↓ -62%
United Medicare|All Plans $238.17 ↓ -62%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $238.17 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $242.79 ↓ -62%
Centene Medicare|Allwell $242.79 ↓ -62%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $344.36 ↓ -46%
Centene Commercial|QualChoice $497.81 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $506.40 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $506.40 ↓ -20%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $506.40 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $506.40 ↓ -20%
Empower Medicaid|All Plans $567.50 ↓ -10%
TotalCare Medicaid|All Plans $567.50 ↓ -10%
Summit Medicaid|All Plans $567.50 ↓ -10%
United Commercial|Options $675.00 ↑ +7%
United Commercial|Non-Options $675.00 ↑ +7%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $921.01 ↑ +45%
Cigna Commercial|AHN $1,191.00 ↑ +88%
Cigna Commercial|NBR $1,264.00 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,458.00 ↑ +130%
Municipal Health Benefits Commercial|All Plans $6,955.00 ↑ +999%

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Change cystostomy tube simple at other Arkansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Berryville Berryville $205.40 $49.71 – $228.06
Mercy Hospital Boonville Booneville $170.95 $44.35 – $84.16
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith Fort Smith $4,336.40 $42.61 – $3,482.47
CHI St. Vincent Morrilton Morrilton $171.93 $189.00 – $198.45
CHI St. Vincent North Sherwood $272.25 $218.53 – $497.81

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