Brach/thor cath 1st 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

$352.45

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.

$1,855.00

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.

$250.00 with Home State Health Plan vs $2,086.70 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.

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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
Home State Health Plan Medicaid $250.00 ↓ -29%
Aetna Medicare $262.53 ↓ -26%
NovaSys Commercial/Exchange $306.26 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare Commercial $360.00 ↑ +2%
Summit Community Care Medicaid $363.00 ↑ +3%
CareSource Medicaid $373.89 ↑ +6%
Access Health Services Medicaid $381.15 ↑ +8%
Humana PHO $463.75 ↑ +32%
Aetna Commercial $556.50 ↑ +58%
Aetna PHO $660.00 ↑ +87%
PPO Holdings Commercial $704.90 ↑ +100%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $742.00 ↑ +111%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $797.65 ↑ +126%
PPO Plus Commercial $927.50 ↑ +163%
Littler Commercial $927.50 ↑ +163%
Healthlink HMO $1,100.00 ↑ +212%
Access Health Services Commercial $1,113.00 ↑ +216%
Primewell Commercial $1,113.00 ↑ +216%
AR BCBS Medicare $1,113.00 ↑ +216%
Healthlink PHO $1,155.00 ↑ +228%
Cigna Medicare $1,181.00 ↑ +235%
Multiplan Complementary Network $1,205.75 ↑ +242%
Municipal Health Benefit Fund Commercial $1,298.50 ↑ +268%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $1,298.50 ↑ +268%
MPCN PPO/HMO $1,391.25 ↑ +295%
Aetna Workers Compensation $1,982.37 ↑ +462%
Cigna Workers Compensation $2,086.70 ↑ +492%

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Brach/thor cath 1st at other Arkansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs Hot Springs $1,042.00 $833.60 – $833.60
CHI St. Vincent North Sherwood $273.02 not published
82-3844150 BMH Crittenden West Memphis $370.50 $262.53 – $373.89

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