Inj, meropenem (b. braun) at 26-1214372 NEA Baptist
4800 East Johnson Avenue, Jonesboro, AR · Baptistonline · · NPI 1386699353
$78.86
Cash price 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.
$415.05
Gross charge 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.
$2.13 with Summit Community Care vs $213.36 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Summit Community Care | Medicaid | $2.13 | ↓ -97% |
| CareSource | Medicaid | $2.19 | ↓ -97% |
| Access Health Services | Medicaid | $2.24 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $2.52 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $28.45 | ↓ -64% |
| NovaSys | Commercial/Exchange | $46.97 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana | PHO | $71.12 | ↓ -10% |
| Home State Health Plan | Medicaid | $71.12 | ↓ -10% |
| AR BCBS | TrueBlue Individual Metallic-Level Plan | $85.34 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $85.34 | ↑ +8% |
| PPO Holdings | Commercial | $108.10 | ↑ +37% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $108.96 | ↑ +38% |
| Magnolia Regional Health Center | Commercial | $113.79 | ↑ +44% |
| Littler | Commercial | $142.24 | ↑ +80% |
| Multiplan | MPI Primary Network | $142.24 | ↑ +80% |
| PPO Plus | Commercial | $142.24 | ↑ +80% |
| AR BCBS | TrueBlue Exchange PPO/TrueBlue Non-Exchange PPO | $147.93 | ↑ +88% |
| AR BCBS | Commercial | $147.93 | ↑ +88% |
| Aetna | PHO | $156.46 | ↑ +98% |
| First Choice Health Plan of MS | Commercial | $165.00 | ↑ +109% |
| AR BCBS | Medicare | $170.69 | ↑ +116% |
| Primewell | Commercial | $170.69 | ↑ +116% |
| Access Health Services | Commercial | $170.69 | ↑ +116% |
| Multiplan | Complementary Network | $184.91 | ↑ +134% |
| Healthlink | PHO | $213.36 | ↑ +171% |
| MPCN | PPO/HMO | $213.36 | ↑ +171% |
| Healthlink | HMO | $213.36 | ↑ +171% |
| Municipal Health Benefit Fund | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
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Inj, meropenem (b. braun) at other Arkansas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 82-3844150 BMH Crittenden | West Memphis | $31.13 | $2.13 – $2.84 |