Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at 26-1214372 NEA Baptist

4800 East Johnson Avenue, Jonesboro, AR · Baptistonline · · NPI 1386699353

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 27, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$651.32

Cash price

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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.

$3,428.00

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.

$1.00 with Cigna vs $2,418.98 with Primewell — 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 Medicare $1.00 ↓ -100%
Home State Health Plan Medicaid $51.00 ↓ -92%
Summit Community Care Medicaid $250.00 ↓ -62%
CareSource Medicaid $257.50 ↓ -60%
Access Health Services Medicaid $262.50 ↓ -60%
Humana PHO $286.00 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial $343.20 ↓ -47%
PPO Holdings Commercial $434.72 ↓ -33%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $457.60 ↓ -30%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $491.92 ↓ -24%
Aetna Workers Compensation $569.90 ↓ -13%
Littler Commercial $572.00 ↓ -12%
PPO Plus Commercial $572.00 ↓ -12%
Cigna Workers Compensation $599.90 ↓ -8%
Aetna PHO $660.00 ↑ +1%
AR BCBS Medicare $686.40 ↑ +5%
Access Health Services Commercial $686.40 ↑ +5%
Multiplan Complementary Network $743.60 ↑ +14%
Municipal Health Benefit Fund Commercial $800.80 ↑ +23%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $800.80 ↑ +23%
TriWest Veterans Administration $829.36 ↑ +27%
AR BCBS TrueBlue Individual Metallic-Level Plan $839.58 ↑ +29%
AR BCBS TrueBlue Exchange PPO/TrueBlue Non-Exchange PPO $839.58 ↑ +29%
AR BCBS Commercial $839.58 ↑ +29%
MPCN PPO/HMO $858.00 ↑ +32%
AR BCBS Medi-Pak $863.92 ↑ +33%
Veterans Evaluation Services Veterans Administration TPA $863.92 ↑ +33%
VACCN Veterans Administration $863.92 ↑ +33%
Springs of Jonesboro Medicare $863.92 ↑ +33%
Cigna Healthspring $872.56 ↑ +34%
NovaSys Medicare $872.56 ↑ +34%
Devoted Health Medicare $881.20 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare Medicare $889.84 ↑ +37%
Humana Medicare $907.12 ↑ +39%
Shared Health Medicare $907.12 ↑ +39%
Access Health Services Medicare $907.12 ↑ +39%
Primewell Medicare $907.12 ↑ +39%
Aetna Medicare $907.12 ↑ +39%
Healthlink PHO $915.20 ↑ +41%
Healthlink HMO $915.20 ↑ +41%
NovaSys Commercial/Exchange $1,123.10 ↑ +72%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,229.00 ↑ +89%
Y K Auto Group Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
Arlington Community Schools Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
Armstrong Relocation Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
Bartlett City Schools Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
Brimhall Foods Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
Building Plastic Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
Cannon Motor Company Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
Carlisle Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
City of Bartlett Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
City of Lakeland Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
Collierville Schools Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
Crittenden County Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
EAS MSSC Schools Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
Heavy Machines Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
Hollowell Industries Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
Jas D Collier Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
Lakeland School System Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
REI Nation Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
Radians Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
Retzer Resources Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
Ritchey Automotive Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
Security One Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
Silver Tree Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
State Systems Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
Town of Collierville Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
United TN Holdings Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
Vaughn Electric Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
W W Wood Products Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
Malco Theaters Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $1,295.88 ↑ +99%
First Community Bank Commercial $1,382.27 ↑ +112%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $1,468.66 ↑ +125%
Burch Food Services Commercial $1,555.06 ↑ +139%
Heartland Catfish Company Commercial $1,555.06 ↑ +139%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $1,555.06 ↑ +139%
French Camp Academy Commercial $1,555.06 ↑ +139%
W G Yates Commercial $1,555.06 ↑ +139%
First Choice Health Plan of MS HPN $1,555.06 ↑ +139%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,727.84 ↑ +165%
Harding Academy Commercial $1,727.84 ↑ +165%
Primewell Commercial $2,418.98 ↑ +271%
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital

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Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at other Arkansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Berryville Berryville $533.00 $105.83 – $879.18
Mercy Hospital Boonville Booneville $387.40 $88.79 – $248.19
CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs Hot Springs $2,679.00 $839.58 – $2,143.20
Mercy Hospital Ozark River Ozark $520.65 $86.96 – $248.19
Mercy Hospital Paris Academy Paris $520.65 $105.65 – $248.19
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith Fort Smith $2,795.65 $85.31 – $1,575.27
CHI St. Vincent Morrilton Morrilton $721.82 $678.16 – $712.07
CHI St. Vincent North Sherwood $720.41 $839.58 – $839.58

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