Tc-99m sulfur colloid 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

$41.42

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.

$218.00

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.

$35.99 with NovaSys vs $272.71 with Aetna — 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
NovaSys Commercial/Exchange $35.99 ↓ -13%
Summit Community Care Medicaid $52.88 ↑ +28%
CareSource Medicaid $54.47 ↑ +32%
Humana PHO $54.50 ↑ +32%
Home State Health Plan Medicaid $54.50 ↑ +32%
Access Health Services Medicaid $55.52 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial $65.40 ↑ +58%
AR BCBS TrueBlue Individual Metallic-Level Plan $65.40 ↑ +58%
PPO Holdings Commercial $82.84 ↑ +100%
United Healthcare Commercial $83.49 ↑ +102%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $87.20 ↑ +111%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $93.74 ↑ +126%
Cigna Medicare $103.99 ↑ +151%
PPO Plus Commercial $109.00 ↑ +163%
Littler Commercial $109.00 ↑ +163%
AR BCBS TrueBlue Exchange PPO/TrueBlue Non-Exchange PPO $113.36 ↑ +174%
AR BCBS Commercial $113.36 ↑ +174%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $126.44 ↑ +205%
Aetna PHO $130.80 ↑ +216%
AR BCBS Medicare $130.80 ↑ +216%
Access Health Services Commercial $130.80 ↑ +216%
Primewell Commercial $130.80 ↑ +216%
Multiplan Complementary Network $141.70 ↑ +242%
Municipal Health Benefit Fund Commercial $152.60 ↑ +268%
MPCN PPO/HMO $163.50 ↑ +295%
Healthlink PHO $174.40 ↑ +321%
Healthlink HMO $174.40 ↑ +321%
Aetna Medicare $272.71 ↑ +558%

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Tc-99m sulfur colloid at other Arkansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Berryville Berryville $226.20 $52.88 – $890.02
CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs Hot Springs $256.00 $120.04 – $256.00
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith Fort Smith $265.20 $52.88 – $335.28
CHI St. Vincent North Sherwood $104.48 $120.04 – $225.00
82-3844150 BMH Crittenden West Memphis $55.95 $52.88 – $272.71

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