Ibuprofen injection 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

$725.05

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.

$3,816.06

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.

$3.02 with Aetna vs $2,770.94 with MPCN — 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
Aetna Medicare $3.02 ↓ -100%
Cigna Medicare $369.46 ↓ -49%
NovaSys Commercial/Exchange $609.98 ↓ -16%
Home State Health Plan Medicaid $923.65 ↑ +27%
Humana PHO $923.65 ↑ +27%
Aetna Commercial $1,108.38 ↑ +53%
AR BCBS TrueBlue Individual Metallic-Level Plan $1,108.38 ↑ +53%
PPO Holdings Commercial $1,403.94 ↑ +94%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,415.03 ↑ +95%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $1,477.84 ↑ +104%
Littler Commercial $1,847.30 ↑ +155%
PPO Plus Commercial $1,847.30 ↑ +155%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $1,847.30 ↑ +155%
AR BCBS Commercial $1,921.19 ↑ +165%
AR BCBS TrueBlue Exchange PPO/TrueBlue Non-Exchange PPO $1,921.19 ↑ +165%
Aetna PHO $2,032.02 ↑ +180%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $2,142.86 ↑ +196%
Access Health Services Commercial $2,216.75 ↑ +206%
AR BCBS Medicare $2,216.75 ↑ +206%
Primewell Commercial $2,216.75 ↑ +206%
Multiplan Complementary Network $2,401.48 ↑ +231%
Healthlink HMO $2,770.94 ↑ +282%
Healthlink PHO $2,770.94 ↑ +282%
MPCN PPO/HMO $2,770.94 ↑ +282%
Municipal Health Benefit Fund Commercial not published by hospital

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Ibuprofen injection at other Arkansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith Fort Smith $664.95 $2.97 – $11.84
82-3844150 BMH Crittenden West Memphis $286.20 $3.02 – $3.77

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