Lumbar diskogram s&i at CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs
300 Werner Street, Hot Springs, AR · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1619915949
$3,470.00
Cash price 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.
$3,470.00
Gross charge 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.
$1,018.80 with Centene vs $4,366.71 with Cigna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Centene | Commercial|QualChoice | $1,018.80 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS - AR | Commercial|TrueBlue Exchange | $1,650.63 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - AR | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,650.63 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | Commercial|AHN | $1,655.59 | ↓ -52% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,856.58 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS - AR | Medicare|PFFS | $1,856.58 | ↓ -46% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,912.28 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna | Medicare|Healthspring | $1,912.28 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - AR | Medicare|HMO PPO | $1,912.28 | ↓ -45% |
| Centene | Medicare|Allwell | $1,949.41 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,949.41 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna | Commercial|NBR | $2,139.13 | ↓ -38% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,602.50 | ↓ -25% |
| Centene | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $2,764.98 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,776.00 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,776.00 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $2,776.00 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $2,776.00 | ↓ -20% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options | $3,947.38 | ↑ +14% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $3,947.38 | ↑ +14% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,366.71 | ↑ +26% |
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Lumbar diskogram s&i at other Arkansas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith | Fort Smith | $1,230.45 | $78.70 – $3,868.54 |
| CHI St. Vincent Morrilton | Morrilton | $937.56 | $160.61 – $1,082.22 |
| CHI St. Vincent North | Sherwood | $935.72 | $160.61 – $3,947.38 |