Ghs corneal fb with slit lamp bilat 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

$659.00

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.

$659.00

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.

$118.09 with BCBS - AR vs $6,955.00 with Municipal Health Benefits — 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 $118.09 ↓ -82%
BCBS - AR Commercial|All Other Plans $118.09 ↓ -82%
BCBS - AR Medicare|PFFS $122.55 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $122.55 ↓ -81%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $126.23 ↓ -81%
United Medicare|All Plans $126.23 ↓ -81%
BCBS - AR Medicare|HMO PPO $126.23 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $128.68 ↓ -80%
Centene Medicare|Allwell $128.68 ↓ -80%
Cigna Commercial|AHN $181.00 ↓ -73%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $182.52 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial|NBR $192.00 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $221.00 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $527.20 ↓ -20%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $527.20 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $527.20 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $527.20 ↓ -20%
Centene Commercial|QualChoice $556.86 ↓ -15%
TotalCare Medicaid|All Plans $567.50 ↓ -14%
Empower Medicaid|All Plans $567.50 ↓ -14%
Summit Medicaid|All Plans $567.50 ↓ -14%
United Commercial|Non-Options $675.00 ↑ +2%
United Commercial|Options $675.00 ↑ +2%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $921.01 ↑ +40%
Municipal Health Benefits Commercial|All Plans $6,955.00 ↑ +955%

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Ghs corneal fb with slit lamp bilat at other Arkansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Berryville Berryville $188.50 $40.25 – $120.88
Mercy Hospital Boonville Booneville $160.55 $40.29 – $114.79
Mercy Hospital Ozark River Ozark $160.55 $39.46 – $114.79
Mercy Hospital Paris Academy Paris $160.55 $49.56 – $114.79
CHI St. Vincent North Sherwood $177.94 $556.86 – $556.86

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