CT guidance for percutaneous drain w/catheter placement supervision & interpretation 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

$509.20

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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.

$2,680.00

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.

$59.22 with AR BCBS vs $2,144.00 with Healthlink — 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
AR BCBS Commercial $59.22 ↓ -88%
AR BCBS TrueBlue Individual Metallic-Level Plan $59.22 ↓ -88%
AR BCBS TrueBlue Exchange PPO/TrueBlue Non-Exchange PPO $59.22 ↓ -88%
Summit Community Care Medicaid $135.00 ↓ -73%
CareSource Medicaid $139.05 ↓ -73%
Access Health Services Medicaid $141.75 ↓ -72%
Aetna PHO $147.75 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare $167.64 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Commercial $181.00 ↓ -64%
Aetna Workers Compensation $220.78 ↓ -57%
Cigna Workers Compensation $232.40 ↓ -54%
NovaSys Commercial/Exchange $442.47 ↓ -13%
Humana PHO $670.00 ↑ +32%
Home State Health Plan Medicaid $670.00 ↑ +32%
Aetna Commercial $804.00 ↑ +58%
PPO Holdings Commercial $1,018.40 ↑ +100%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $1,072.00 ↑ +111%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $1,152.40 ↑ +126%
Cigna Medicare $1,278.36 ↑ +151%
PPO Plus Commercial $1,340.00 ↑ +163%
Littler Commercial $1,340.00 ↑ +163%
AR BCBS Medicare $1,608.00 ↑ +216%
Access Health Services Commercial $1,608.00 ↑ +216%
Primewell Commercial $1,608.00 ↑ +216%
Multiplan Complementary Network $1,742.00 ↑ +242%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $1,876.00 ↑ +268%
Municipal Health Benefit Fund Commercial $1,876.00 ↑ +268%
MPCN PPO/HMO $2,010.00 ↑ +295%
Healthlink PHO $2,144.00 ↑ +321%
Healthlink HMO $2,144.00 ↑ +321%

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CT guidance for percutaneous drain w/catheter placement supervision & interpretation at other Arkansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Berryville Berryville $620.10 $47.46 – $306.45
CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs Hot Springs $1,044.00 $59.22 – $835.20
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith Fort Smith $1,085.50 $47.46 – $306.45
CHI St. Vincent Morrilton Morrilton $307.43 $59.22 – $337.81
CHI St. Vincent North Sherwood $306.82 $59.22 – $2,117.84
82-3844150 BMH Crittenden West Memphis $260.25 $59.22 – $205.87

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