Sodium serum/plasma/whole blood 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

$9.50

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.

$50.00

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.

$2.78 with United Healthcare vs $40.00 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.

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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
United Healthcare Commercial $2.78 ↓ -71%
TriWest Veterans Administration $4.62 ↓ -51%
AR BCBS Medi-Pak $4.81 ↓ -49%
Veterans Evaluation Services Veterans Administration TPA $4.81 ↓ -49%
Springs of Jonesboro Medicare $4.81 ↓ -49%
VACCN Veterans Administration $4.81 ↓ -49%
Cigna Healthspring $4.86 ↓ -49%
NovaSys Medicare $4.86 ↓ -49%
AR BCBS Medicare $4.91 ↓ -48%
Devoted Health Medicare $4.91 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Medicare $4.95 ↓ -48%
Primewell Medicare $5.05 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare $5.05 ↓ -47%
Access Health Services Medicare $5.05 ↓ -47%
Aetna Medicare $5.05 ↓ -47%
Shared Health Medicare $5.05 ↓ -47%
AR BCBS Commercial $5.48 ↓ -42%
AR BCBS TrueBlue Individual Metallic-Level Plan $5.48 ↓ -42%
AR BCBS TrueBlue Exchange PPO/TrueBlue Non-Exchange PPO $5.48 ↓ -42%
NovaSys Commercial/Exchange $6.25 ↓ -34%
Summit Community Care Medicaid $6.87 ↓ -28%
CareSource Medicaid $7.08 ↓ -25%
Y K Auto Group Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
Aetna PHO $7.21 ↓ -24%
Collierville Schools Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
Crittenden County Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
EAS MSSC Schools Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
Heavy Machines Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
Hollowell Industries Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
Jas D Collier Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
Lakeland School System Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
Malco Theaters Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
REI Nation Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
Radians Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
Retzer Resources Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
Ritchey Automotive Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
Security One Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
Silver Tree Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
State Systems Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
Town of Collierville Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
United TN Holdings Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
Vaughn Electric Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
W W Wood Products Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
Access Health Services Medicaid $7.21 ↓ -24%
Arlington Community Schools Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
Armstrong Relocation Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
Bartlett City Schools Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
Brimhall Foods Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
Building Plastic Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
Cannon Motor Company Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
Carlisle Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
City of Bartlett Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
City of Lakeland Commercial $7.21 ↓ -24%
Access Health Services Commercial $7.70 ↓ -19%
First Community Bank Commercial $7.70 ↓ -19%
PPO Plus Commercial $8.18 ↓ -14%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $8.18 ↓ -14%
French Camp Academy Commercial $8.66 ↓ -9%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $8.66 ↓ -9%
Heartland Catfish Company Commercial $8.66 ↓ -9%
Burch Food Services Commercial $8.66 ↓ -9%
W G Yates Commercial $8.66 ↓ -9%
First Choice Health Plan of MS HPN $8.66 ↓ -9%
Cigna Medicare $8.96 ↓ -6%
Aetna Workers Compensation $9.14 ↓ -4%
Employers Health Network Commercial $9.62 ↑ +1%
Harding Academy Commercial $9.62 ↑ +1%
Humana PHO $12.50 ↑ +32%
Home State Health Plan Medicaid $12.50 ↑ +32%
Primewell Commercial $13.47 ↑ +42%
Aetna Commercial $15.00 ↑ +58%
PPO Holdings Commercial $19.00 ↑ +100%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $20.00 ↑ +111%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $21.50 ↑ +126%
Littler Commercial $25.00 ↑ +163%
Multiplan Complementary Network $32.50 ↑ +242%
Municipal Health Benefit Fund Commercial $35.00 ↑ +268%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $35.00 ↑ +268%
MPCN PPO/HMO $37.50 ↑ +295%
Healthlink HMO $40.00 ↑ +321%
Healthlink PHO $40.00 ↑ +321%

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Mercy Hospital Berryville Berryville $47.45 $4.28 – $21.95
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