Insitu hybridization manual 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

$463.00

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.

$463.00

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.

$54.40 with Cigna vs $509.34 with Centene — 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|AHN $54.40 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial|NBR $79.49 ↓ -83%
Centene Commercial|QualChoice $197.88 ↓ -57%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $251.87 ↓ -46%
United Commercial|Options $291.26 ↓ -37%
United Commercial|Non-Options $291.26 ↓ -37%
TotalCare Medicaid|All Plans $313.28 ↓ -32%
Empower Medicaid|All Plans $313.28 ↓ -32%
Summit Medicaid|All Plans $313.28 ↓ -32%
BCBS - AR Commercial|TrueBlue Exchange $334.03 ↓ -28%
BCBS - AR Commercial|All Other Plans $334.03 ↓ -28%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $342.00 ↓ -26%
BCBS - AR Medicare|PFFS $342.00 ↓ -26%
BCBS - AR Medicare|HMO PPO $352.26 ↓ -24%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $352.26 ↓ -24%
United Medicare|All Plans $352.26 ↓ -24%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $359.10 ↓ -22%
Centene Medicare|Allwell $359.10 ↓ -22%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $370.40 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $370.40 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $370.40 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $370.40 ↓ -20%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $509.34 ↑ +10%

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Insitu hybridization manual at other Arkansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Boonville Booneville $319.80 $126.22 – $485.42
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith Fort Smith $317.20 $89.44 – $561.98
CHI St. Vincent Morrilton Morrilton $78.45 $54.40 – $313.28
CHI St. Vincent North Sherwood $411.81 $54.40 – $891.00

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