Knee Arthroscopy (Cartilage Smoothing) 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

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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.

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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.

$1.00 with Cigna vs $8,371.38 with Primewell — 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
Cigna Medicare $1.00 —
Home State Health Plan Medicaid $297.00 —
Summit Community Care Medicaid $297.00 —
CareSource Medicaid $305.91 —
Access Health Services Medicaid $311.85 —
Humana PHO $850.00 —
Aetna PHO $932.00 —
Aetna Workers Compensation $1,267.49 —
Cigna Workers Compensation $1,334.20 —
United Healthcare Commercial $2,075.00 —
TriWest Veterans Administration $2,870.19 —
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $2,972.00 —
AR BCBS Medi-Pak $2,989.78 —
VACCN Veterans Administration $2,989.78 —
Veterans Evaluation Services Veterans Administration TPA $2,989.78 —
Springs of Jonesboro Medicare $2,989.78 —
Cigna Healthspring $3,019.68 —
NovaSys Medicare $3,019.68 —
AR BCBS Commercial $3,027.36 —
AR BCBS TrueBlue Exchange PPO/TrueBlue Non-Exchange PPO $3,027.36 —
AR BCBS TrueBlue Individual Metallic-Level Plan $3,027.36 —
AR BCBS Medicare $3,049.58 —
Devoted Health Medicare $3,049.58 —
United Healthcare Medicare $3,079.47 —
Shared Health Medicare $3,139.27 —
Primewell Medicare $3,139.27 —
Humana Medicare $3,139.27 —
Access Health Services Medicare $3,139.27 —
Aetna Medicare $3,139.27 —
NovaSys Commercial/Exchange $3,886.71 —
Y K Auto Group Commercial $4,484.67 —
Arlington Community Schools Commercial $4,484.67 —
Armstrong Relocation Commercial $4,484.67 —
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $4,484.67 —
Bartlett City Schools Commercial $4,484.67 —
Brimhall Foods Commercial $4,484.67 —
Building Plastic Commercial $4,484.67 —
Cannon Motor Company Commercial $4,484.67 —
Carlisle Commercial $4,484.67 —
City of Bartlett Commercial $4,484.67 —
City of Lakeland Commercial $4,484.67 —
Collierville Schools Commercial $4,484.67 —
Crittenden County Commercial $4,484.67 —
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $4,484.67 —
DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors Commercial $4,484.67 —
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $4,484.67 —
EAS MSSC Schools Commercial $4,484.67 —
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $4,484.67 —
Heavy Machines Commercial $4,484.67 —
Hollowell Industries Commercial $4,484.67 —
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $4,484.67 —
Jas D Collier Commercial $4,484.67 —
Lakeland School System Commercial $4,484.67 —
Malco Theaters Commercial $4,484.67 —
Mechanical Systems Commercial $4,484.67 —
Mid-South Transport Commercial $4,484.67 —
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $4,484.67 —
Radians Commercial $4,484.67 —
REI Nation Commercial $4,484.67 —
Retzer Resources Commercial $4,484.67 —
Ritchey Automotive Commercial $4,484.67 —
Security One Commercial $4,484.67 —
Silver Tree Commercial $4,484.67 —
State Systems Commercial $4,484.67 —
Town of Collierville Commercial $4,484.67 —
United TN Holdings Commercial $4,484.67 —
Vaughn Electric Commercial $4,484.67 —
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $4,484.67 —
W W Wood Products Commercial $4,484.67 —
First Community Bank Commercial $4,783.65 —
Access Health Services Commercial $4,783.65 —
PPO Plus Commercial $5,082.63 —
First State Bank Trust Commercial $5,082.63 —
W G Yates Commercial $5,381.60 —
Burch Food Services Commercial $5,381.60 —
Heartland Catfish Company Commercial $5,381.60 —
First Choice Health Plan of MS HPN $5,381.60 —
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $5,381.60 —
French Camp Academy Commercial $5,381.60 —
Harding Academy Commercial $5,979.56 —
Employers Health Network Commercial $5,979.56 —
Primewell Commercial $8,371.38 —
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital —

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Knee Arthroscopy (Cartilage Smoothing) at other Arkansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith Fort Smith $4,729.29 $297.00 – $5,515.84
82-3844150 BMH Crittenden West Memphis not published $297.00 – $5,942.18

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