Appl modality 1/> areas paraffin bath 97018 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

$53.58

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.

$282.00

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.

$4.95 with Humana vs $130.00 with United Healthcare — 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
Humana PHO $4.95 ↓ -91%
AR BCBS TrueBlue Individual Metallic-Level Plan $5.60 ↓ -90%
AR BCBS TrueBlue Exchange PPO/TrueBlue Non-Exchange PPO $5.60 ↓ -90%
AR BCBS Commercial $5.60 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare $7.14 ↓ -87%
Aetna Workers Compensation $7.99 ↓ -85%
Cigna Workers Compensation $8.41 ↓ -84%
NovaSys Commercial/Exchange $18.49 ↓ -65%
Home State Health Plan Medicaid $28.00 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial $33.60 ↓ -37%
PPO Holdings Commercial $42.56 ↓ -21%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $44.80 ↓ -16%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $48.16 ↓ -10%
PPO Plus Commercial $56.00 ↑ +5%
Littler Commercial $56.00 ↑ +5%
Primewell Commercial $67.20 ↑ +25%
Aetna PHO $67.20 ↑ +25%
AR BCBS Medicare $67.20 ↑ +25%
Access Health Services Commercial $67.20 ↑ +25%
Multiplan Complementary Network $72.80 ↑ +36%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $78.40 ↑ +46%
Municipal Health Benefit Fund Commercial $78.40 ↑ +46%
MPCN PPO/HMO $84.00 ↑ +57%
Healthlink HMO $89.60 ↑ +67%
Healthlink PHO $89.60 ↑ +67%
Cigna Medicare $111.00 ↑ +107%
United Healthcare Commercial $130.00 ↑ +143%

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Appl modality 1/> areas paraffin bath 97018 at other Arkansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Berryville Berryville $37.05 $5.36 – $32.69
Mercy Hospital Boonville Booneville $71.50 $7.67 – $32.69
Mercy Hospital Ozark River Ozark $71.50 $7.67 – $32.69
Mercy Hospital Paris Academy Paris $71.50 $7.67 – $32.69
Mercy Hospital Waldron Waldron $71.50 $7.67 – $32.69
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith Fort Smith $72.80 $5.26 – $32.69
82-3844150 BMH Crittenden West Memphis $31.05 $5.60 – $10.54

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