Puncture spinal lumbar diagnostic 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

$193.99

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.

$1,021.00

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.

$1.00 with Cigna vs $1,786.76 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 ↓ -99%
Home State Health Plan Medicaid $51.00 ↓ -74%
Humana PHO $196.25 ↑ +1%
Aetna Commercial $235.50 ↑ +21%
Summit Community Care Medicaid $250.00 ↑ +29%
CareSource Medicaid $257.50 ↑ +33%
Access Health Services Medicaid $262.50 ↑ +35%
Aetna Workers Compensation $291.27 ↑ +50%
PPO Holdings Commercial $298.30 ↑ +54%
Cigna Workers Compensation $306.60 ↑ +58%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $314.00 ↑ +62%
PPO Plus Commercial $392.50 ↑ +102%
Littler Commercial $392.50 ↑ +102%
AR BCBS Medicare $471.00 ↑ +143%
Access Health Services Commercial $471.00 ↑ +143%
Aetna PHO $493.00 ↑ +154%
Multiplan Complementary Network $510.25 ↑ +163%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $549.50 ↑ +183%
Municipal Health Benefit Fund Commercial $549.50 ↑ +183%
Healthlink HMO $588.75 ↑ +203%
Healthlink PHO $588.75 ↑ +203%
MPCN PPO/HMO $588.75 ↑ +203%
TriWest Veterans Administration $612.60 ↑ +216%
VACCN Veterans Administration $638.13 ↑ +229%
Veterans Evaluation Services Veterans Administration TPA $638.13 ↑ +229%
AR BCBS Medi-Pak $638.13 ↑ +229%
Springs of Jonesboro Medicare $638.13 ↑ +229%
NovaSys Medicare $644.51 ↑ +232%
Cigna Healthspring $644.51 ↑ +232%
Devoted Health Medicare $650.89 ↑ +236%
AR BCBS TrueBlue Individual Metallic-Level Plan $655.31 ↑ +238%
AR BCBS Commercial $655.31 ↑ +238%
AR BCBS TrueBlue Exchange PPO/TrueBlue Non-Exchange PPO $655.31 ↑ +238%
United Healthcare Medicare $657.27 ↑ +239%
Aetna Medicare $670.04 ↑ +245%
Access Health Services Medicare $670.04 ↑ +245%
Shared Health Medicare $670.04 ↑ +245%
Humana Medicare $670.04 ↑ +245%
Primewell Medicare $670.04 ↑ +245%
United Healthcare Commercial $827.00 ↑ +326%
NovaSys Commercial/Exchange $829.57 ↑ +328%
Y K Auto Group Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
Arlington Community Schools Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
Armstrong Relocation Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
Bartlett City Schools Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
Brimhall Foods Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
Building Plastic Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
Cannon Motor Company Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
Carlisle Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
City of Bartlett Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
City of Lakeland Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
Collierville Schools Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
Crittenden County Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
EAS MSSC Schools Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
Heavy Machines Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
Hollowell Industries Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
Jas D Collier Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
Lakeland School System Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
REI Nation Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
Radians Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
Retzer Resources Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
Ritchey Automotive Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
Security One Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
Silver Tree Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
State Systems Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
Town of Collierville Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
United TN Holdings Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
Vaughn Electric Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
W W Wood Products Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
Malco Theaters Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $957.20 ↑ +393%
First Community Bank Commercial $1,021.01 ↑ +426%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $1,084.82 ↑ +459%
Heartland Catfish Company Commercial $1,148.63 ↑ +492%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $1,148.63 ↑ +492%
French Camp Academy Commercial $1,148.63 ↑ +492%
First Choice Health Plan of MS HPN $1,148.63 ↑ +492%
W G Yates Commercial $1,148.63 ↑ +492%
Burch Food Services Commercial $1,148.63 ↑ +492%
Harding Academy Commercial $1,276.26 ↑ +558%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,276.26 ↑ +558%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $1,633.00 ↑ +742%
Primewell Commercial $1,786.76 ↑ +821%
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