Irradiation of blood product each unit reference 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

$243.00

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.

$243.00

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.

$0.64 with Cigna vs $194.40 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 $0.64 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|AHN $20.53 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|Options $33.84 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|Non-Options $33.84 ↓ -86%
BCBS - AR Commercial|TrueBlue Exchange $35.00 ↓ -86%
BCBS - AR Commercial|All Other Plans $35.00 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $37.32 ↓ -85%
BCBS - AR Medicare|PFFS $37.32 ↓ -85%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $37.62 ↓ -85%
BCBS - AR Medicare|HMO PPO $38.44 ↓ -84%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $38.44 ↓ -84%
United Medicare|All Plans $38.44 ↓ -84%
TotalCare Medicaid|All Plans $38.59 ↓ -84%
Summit Medicaid|All Plans $38.59 ↓ -84%
Empower Medicaid|All Plans $38.59 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $39.19 ↓ -84%
Centene Medicare|Allwell $39.19 ↓ -84%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $55.58 ↓ -77%
Centene Commercial|QualChoice $107.56 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $194.40 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $194.40 ↓ -20%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $194.40 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $194.40 ↓ -20%

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Irradiation of blood product each unit reference at other Arkansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Berryville Berryville $84.50 $14.05 – $59.17
Mercy Hospital Boonville Booneville $116.35 $14.05 – $59.17
Mercy Hospital Ozark River Ozark $116.35 $14.05 – $59.17
Mercy Hospital Paris Academy Paris $116.35 $14.05 – $59.17
Mercy Hospital Waldron Waldron $116.35 $14.05 – $59.17
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith Fort Smith $130.00 $14.05 – $59.17
CHI St. Vincent North Sherwood $63.30 $0.64 – $136.95

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