Caregiver training strategies&tq 1st 30 minutes 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

$29.64

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.

$156.00

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.

$25.76 with NovaSys 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
NovaSys Commercial/Exchange $25.76 ↓ -13%
Home State Health Plan Medicaid $39.00 ↑ +32%
Humana PHO $39.00 ↑ +32%
Cigna Healthspring $42.98 ↑ +45%
Aetna Commercial $46.80 ↑ +58%
Aetna Medicare $55.62 ↑ +88%
PPO Holdings Commercial $59.28 ↑ +100%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $62.40 ↑ +111%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $67.08 ↑ +126%
Aetna Workers Compensation $67.73 ↑ +129%
Cigna Workers Compensation $71.29 ↑ +141%
Littler Commercial $78.00 ↑ +163%
PPO Plus Commercial $78.00 ↑ +163%
Primewell Commercial $93.60 ↑ +216%
Aetna PHO $93.60 ↑ +216%
AR BCBS Medicare $93.60 ↑ +216%
Access Health Services Commercial $93.60 ↑ +216%
Multiplan Complementary Network $101.40 ↑ +242%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $109.20 ↑ +268%
Municipal Health Benefit Fund Commercial $109.20 ↑ +268%
Cigna Medicare $111.00 ↑ +274%
MPCN PPO/HMO $117.00 ↑ +295%
Healthlink HMO $124.80 ↑ +321%
Healthlink PHO $124.80 ↑ +321%
United Healthcare Commercial $130.00 ↑ +339%

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