Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section each additional block 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

$7.03

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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.

$37.00

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.

$5.34 with United Healthcare vs $95.58 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
United Healthcare Commercial $5.34 ↓ -24%
NovaSys Commercial/Exchange $6.11 ↓ -13%
Humana PHO $9.25 ↑ +32%
Home State Health Plan Medicaid $9.25 ↑ +32%
Aetna Commercial $11.10 ↑ +58%
PPO Holdings Commercial $14.06 ↑ +100%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $14.80 ↑ +111%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $15.91 ↑ +126%
Cigna Medicare $18.00 ↑ +156%
Littler Commercial $18.50 ↑ +163%
PPO Plus Commercial $18.50 ↑ +163%
AR BCBS Commercial $20.21 ↑ +187%
AR BCBS TrueBlue Individual Metallic-Level Plan $20.21 ↑ +187%
AR BCBS TrueBlue Exchange PPO/TrueBlue Non-Exchange PPO $20.21 ↑ +187%
Primewell Commercial $22.20 ↑ +216%
AR BCBS Medicare $22.20 ↑ +216%
Access Health Services Commercial $22.20 ↑ +216%
Multiplan Complementary Network $24.05 ↑ +242%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $25.90 ↑ +268%
Municipal Health Benefit Fund Commercial $25.90 ↑ +268%
MPCN PPO/HMO $27.75 ↑ +295%
Healthlink PHO $29.60 ↑ +321%
Healthlink HMO $29.60 ↑ +321%
Aetna Medicare $62.88 ↑ +794%
Aetna PHO $72.57 ↑ +932%
Aetna Workers Compensation $90.80 ↑ +1192%
Cigna Workers Compensation $95.58 ↑ +1260%

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Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section each additional block at other Arkansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Berryville Berryville $78.00 $20.79 – $47.22
Mercy Hospital Boonville Booneville $92.30 $23.10 – $47.22
CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs Hot Springs $282.00 $14.88 – $225.60
Mercy Hospital Ozark River Ozark $92.30 $17.42 – $47.22
Mercy Hospital Paris Academy Paris $92.30 $17.42 – $47.22
Mercy Hospital Waldron Waldron $92.30 $17.42 – $47.22
CHI St. Vincent Morrilton Morrilton $5.86 $6.44 – $6.77
CHI St. Vincent North Sherwood $73.98 $14.88 – $160.05

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