Diagnostic Mammogram (both breasts) 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

$556.00

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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.

$556.00

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.

$111.86 with BCBS - AR vs $444.80 with Multiplan — 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
BCBS - AR Commercial|TrueBlue Exchange $111.86 ↓ -80%
BCBS - AR Commercial|All Other Plans $111.86 ↓ -80%
Cigna Commercial|NBR $122.83 ↓ -78%
Cigna Commercial|AHN $126.88 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|Non-Options $263.00 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|Options $263.00 ↓ -53%
Centene Commercial|QualChoice $273.69 ↓ -51%
TotalCare Medicaid|All Plans $287.11 ↓ -48%
Empower Medicaid|All Plans $287.11 ↓ -48%
Summit Medicaid|All Plans $287.11 ↓ -48%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $328.04 ↓ -41%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $417.00 ↓ -25%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $444.80 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $444.80 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $444.80 ↓ -20%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $444.80 ↓ -20%

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Diagnostic Mammogram (both breasts) at other Arkansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Berryville Berryville $228.15 $93.26 – $297.92
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith Fort Smith $175.50 $93.26 – $297.92
CHI St. Vincent Morrilton Morrilton $187.72 $111.86 – $287.11
CHI St. Vincent North Sherwood $187.35 $111.86 – $287.11

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