Echo tee guidance 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

$539.41

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.

$2,839.00

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.

$131.22 with Summit Community Care vs $2,271.20 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
Summit Community Care Medicaid $131.22 ↓ -76%
CareSource Medicaid $135.16 ↓ -75%
Access Health Services Medicaid $137.78 ↓ -74%
AR BCBS Commercial $228.55 ↓ -58%
AR BCBS TrueBlue Exchange PPO/TrueBlue Non-Exchange PPO $228.55 ↓ -58%
AR BCBS TrueBlue Individual Metallic-Level Plan $228.55 ↓ -58%
Aetna Workers Compensation $277.64 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare $285.32 ↓ -47%
Cigna Workers Compensation $292.25 ↓ -46%
NovaSys Commercial/Exchange $468.72 ↓ -13%
Home State Health Plan Medicaid $709.75 ↑ +32%
Humana PHO $709.75 ↑ +32%
Aetna Commercial $851.70 ↑ +58%
United Healthcare Commercial $936.00 ↑ +74%
PPO Holdings Commercial $1,078.82 ↑ +100%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $1,135.60 ↑ +111%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $1,220.77 ↑ +126%
Cigna Medicare $1,354.20 ↑ +151%
PPO Plus Commercial $1,419.50 ↑ +163%
Littler Commercial $1,419.50 ↑ +163%
Aetna PHO $1,703.40 ↑ +216%
AR BCBS Medicare $1,703.40 ↑ +216%
Primewell Commercial $1,703.40 ↑ +216%
Access Health Services Commercial $1,703.40 ↑ +216%
Multiplan Complementary Network $1,845.35 ↑ +242%
Municipal Health Benefit Fund Commercial $1,987.30 ↑ +268%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $1,987.30 ↑ +268%
MPCN PPO/HMO $2,129.25 ↑ +295%
Healthlink PHO $2,271.20 ↑ +321%
Healthlink HMO $2,271.20 ↑ +321%

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Echo tee guidance at other Arkansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs Hot Springs $2,567.00 $228.55 – $2,053.60
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith Fort Smith $2,145.65 $131.22 – $419.61
CHI St. Vincent North Sherwood $709.99 $228.55 – $644.00
82-3844150 BMH Crittenden West Memphis $425.85 $131.22 – $285.32

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