Gardner vag dna quant 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

$171.00

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.

$171.00

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.

$31.48 with Cigna vs $136.80 with Aetna — 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
Cigna Commercial|NBR $31.48 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|AHN $40.95 ↓ -76%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $41.68 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Options $41.76 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $41.76 ↓ -76%
BCBS - AR Medicare|PFFS $41.76 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Non-Options $41.76 ↓ -76%
United Medicare|All Plans $43.01 ↓ -75%
BCBS - AR Medicare|HMO PPO $43.01 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $43.01 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $43.85 ↓ -74%
Centene Medicare|Allwell $43.85 ↓ -74%
BCBS - AR Commercial|TrueBlue Exchange $47.61 ↓ -72%
BCBS - AR Commercial|All Other Plans $47.61 ↓ -72%
TotalCare Medicaid|All Plans $53.39 ↓ -69%
Empower Medicaid|All Plans $53.39 ↓ -69%
Summit Medicaid|All Plans $53.39 ↓ -69%
Centene Commercial|QualChoice $86.76 ↓ -49%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $105.70 ↓ -38%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $128.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $136.80 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $136.80 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $136.80 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $136.80 ↓ -20%

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Gardner vag dna quant at other Arkansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Berryville Berryville $96.20 $23.52 – $75.18
Mercy Hospital Boonville Booneville $96.20 $23.52 – $75.18
Mercy Hospital Ozark River Ozark $96.20 $23.52 – $75.18
Mercy Hospital Paris Academy Paris $96.20 $23.52 – $75.18
Mercy Hospital Waldron Waldron $96.20 $23.52 – $75.18
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith Fort Smith $113.75 $22.47 – $105.97

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