Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) MRI (without contrast) at 26-1214372 NEA Baptist
4800 East Johnson Avenue, Jonesboro, AR · Baptistonline · · NPI 1386699353
$1,043.67
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.
$5,493.00
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.
$213.83 with TriWest vs $1,242.75 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TriWest | Veterans Administration | $213.83 | ↓ -80% |
| Veterans Evaluation Services | Veterans Administration TPA | $222.74 | ↓ -79% |
| AR BCBS | Medi-Pak | $222.74 | ↓ -79% |
| Springs of Jonesboro | Medicare | $222.74 | ↓ -79% |
| VACCN | Veterans Administration | $222.74 | ↓ -79% |
| AR BCBS | Commercial | $223.73 | ↓ -79% |
| AR BCBS | TrueBlue Exchange PPO/TrueBlue Non-Exchange PPO | $223.73 | ↓ -79% |
| AR BCBS | TrueBlue Individual Metallic-Level Plan | $223.73 | ↓ -79% |
| Cigna | Healthspring | $224.97 | ↓ -78% |
| NovaSys | Medicare | $224.97 | ↓ -78% |
| Devoted Health | Medicare | $227.19 | ↓ -78% |
| AR BCBS | Medicare | $227.19 | ↓ -78% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $229.42 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $233.88 | ↓ -78% |
| Humana | Medicare | $233.88 | ↓ -78% |
| Shared Health | Medicare | $233.88 | ↓ -78% |
| Access Health Services | Medicare | $233.88 | ↓ -78% |
| Primewell | Medicare | $233.88 | ↓ -78% |
| NovaSys | Commercial/Exchange | $289.56 | ↓ -72% |
| Y K Auto Group | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Bartlett City Schools | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Brimhall Foods | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Building Plastic | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Cannon Motor Company | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Carlisle | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| City of Bartlett | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| City of Lakeland | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Collierville Schools | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Crittenden County | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Davidson Hospitality | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Dunn Investment Company | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| EAS MSSC Schools | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Gossett Motor Cars | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Heavy Machines | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Hollowell Industries | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Hospitality Management Advisors | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Jas D Collier | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Lakeland School System | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Malco Theaters | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Mechanical Systems | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Mid-South Transport | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Patterson Warehouses | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| REI Nation | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Radians | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Retzer Resources | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Ritchey Automotive | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Security One | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Silver Tree | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| State Systems | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Town of Collierville | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| United TN Holdings | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Vaughn Electric | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| W W Wood Products | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Watkins Uiberall | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Arlington Community Schools | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Armstrong Relocation | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Ashley Furniture Stores | Commercial | $334.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Access Health Services | Commercial | $356.38 | ↓ -66% |
| First Community Bank | Commercial | $356.38 | ↓ -66% |
| First State Bank Trust | Commercial | $378.66 | ↓ -64% |
| PPO Plus | Commercial | $378.66 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | Workers Compensation | $387.03 | ↓ -63% |
| First Choice Health Plan of MS | HPN | $400.93 | ↓ -62% |
| French Camp Academy | Commercial | $400.93 | ↓ -62% |
| Burch Food Services | Commercial | $400.93 | ↓ -62% |
| W G Yates | Commercial | $400.93 | ↓ -62% |
| Hattiesburg Clinic | Commercial | $400.93 | ↓ -62% |
| Heartland Catfish Company | Commercial | $400.93 | ↓ -62% |
| Cigna | Workers Compensation | $407.40 | ↓ -61% |
| Home State Health Plan | Medicaid | $414.25 | ↓ -60% |
| Humana | PHO | $414.25 | ↓ -60% |
| Summit Community Care | Medicaid | $432.00 | ↓ -59% |
| CareSource | Medicaid | $444.96 | ↓ -57% |
| Harding Academy | Commercial | $445.48 | ↓ -57% |
| Employers Health Network | Commercial | $445.48 | ↓ -57% |
| Access Health Services | Medicaid | $453.60 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $497.10 | ↓ -52% |
| Primewell | Commercial | $623.67 | ↓ -40% |
| PPO Holdings | Commercial | $629.66 | ↓ -40% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $649.00 | ↓ -38% |
| Magnolia Regional Health Center | Commercial | $662.80 | ↓ -36% |
| Multiplan | MPI Primary Network | $712.51 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | PHO | $750.00 | ↓ -28% |
| Littler | Commercial | $828.50 | ↓ -21% |
| Multiplan | Complementary Network | $1,077.05 | ↑ +3% |
| Municipal Health Benefit Fund | Commercial | $1,159.90 | ↑ +11% |
| First Choice Health Plan of MS | Commercial | $1,159.90 | ↑ +11% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1,223.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Healthlink | HMO | $1,242.75 | ↑ +19% |
| MPCN | PPO/HMO | $1,242.75 | ↑ +19% |
| Healthlink | PHO | $1,242.75 | ↑ +19% |
| Tricare | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) MRI (without contrast) at other Arkansas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Hospital Berryville | Berryville | $1,842.75 | $105.76 – $1,470.99 |
| CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs | Hot Springs | $3,879.00 | $223.73 – $3,103.20 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith | Fort Smith | $1,965.60 | $105.76 – $1,470.99 |
| CHI St. Vincent Morrilton | Morrilton | $1,014.48 | $223.73 – $1,171.01 |
| CHI St. Vincent North | Sherwood | $1,012.48 | $223.73 – $2,827.78 |
| 82-3844150 BMH Crittenden | West Memphis | $561.60 | $210.27 – $444.96 |