Inj proc ankle arthr 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

$90.06

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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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$474.00

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.

$64.73 with Aetna vs $1,181.00 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

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 $64.73 ↓ -28%
NovaSys Commercial/Exchange $78.26 ↓ -13%
Humana PHO $118.50 ↑ +32%
Aetna Commercial $142.20 ↑ +58%
PPO Holdings Commercial $180.12 ↑ +100%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $189.60 ↑ +111%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $203.82 ↑ +126%
PPO Plus Commercial $237.00 ↑ +163%
Littler Commercial $237.00 ↑ +163%
Home State Health Plan Medicaid $250.00 ↑ +178%
Access Health Services Commercial $284.40 ↑ +216%
Primewell Commercial $284.40 ↑ +216%
AR BCBS Medicare $284.40 ↑ +216%
Multiplan Complementary Network $308.10 ↑ +242%
Municipal Health Benefit Fund Commercial $331.80 ↑ +268%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $331.80 ↑ +268%
Healthlink PHO $355.50 ↑ +295%
Healthlink HMO $355.50 ↑ +295%
MPCN PPO/HMO $355.50 ↑ +295%
United Healthcare Commercial $360.00 ↑ +300%
Aetna Workers Compensation $407.64 ↑ +353%
Cigna Workers Compensation $429.10 ↑ +376%
Aetna PHO $493.00 ↑ +447%
Cigna Medicare $1,181.00 ↑ +1211%

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Inj proc ankle arthr at other Arkansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI St. Vincent Morrilton Morrilton $152.06 $167.16 – $567.50
CHI St. Vincent North Sherwood $151.76 $567.50 – $567.50
82-3844150 BMH Crittenden West Memphis $71.10 $64.73 – $333.38

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