Radiation handling 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

$18.62

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.

$98.00

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.

$14.29 with AR BCBS vs $612.00 with United Healthcare — 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
AR BCBS Commercial $14.29 ↓ -23%
AR BCBS TrueBlue Individual Metallic-Level Plan $14.29 ↓ -23%
AR BCBS TrueBlue Exchange PPO/TrueBlue Non-Exchange PPO $14.29 ↓ -23%
Aetna Medicare $15.00 ↓ -19%
NovaSys Commercial/Exchange $16.18 ↓ -13%
Summit Community Care Medicaid $17.00 ↓ -9%
CareSource Medicaid $17.51 ↓ -6%
Access Health Services Medicaid $17.85 ↓ -4%
Aetna PHO $22.47 ↑ +21%
Home State Health Plan Medicaid $24.50 ↑ +32%
Humana PHO $24.50 ↑ +32%
Aetna Commercial $29.40 ↑ +58%
PPO Holdings Commercial $37.24 ↑ +100%
Aetna Workers Compensation $37.91 ↑ +104%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $39.20 ↑ +111%
Cigna Workers Compensation $39.90 ↑ +114%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $42.14 ↑ +126%
Cigna Medicare $46.75 ↑ +151%
PPO Plus Commercial $49.00 ↑ +163%
Littler Commercial $49.00 ↑ +163%
Access Health Services Commercial $58.80 ↑ +216%
AR BCBS Medicare $58.80 ↑ +216%
Primewell Commercial $58.80 ↑ +216%
Multiplan Complementary Network $63.70 ↑ +242%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $68.60 ↑ +268%
Municipal Health Benefit Fund Commercial $68.60 ↑ +268%
MPCN PPO/HMO $73.50 ↑ +295%
Healthlink PHO $78.40 ↑ +321%
Healthlink HMO $78.40 ↑ +321%
United Healthcare Commercial $612.00 ↑ +3187%

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Radiation handling at other Arkansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs Hot Springs $107.00 $14.29 – $775.00
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith Fort Smith $293.15 $14.29 – $122.04
CHI St. Vincent North Sherwood $27.46 $14.29 – $768.00
82-3844150 BMH Crittenden West Memphis $113.10 $14.29 – $59.39

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