Tissue culture skin/biopsy 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

$122.17

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.

$643.00

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.

$81.24 with United Healthcare vs $514.40 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 $81.24 ↓ -34%
Summit Community Care Medicaid $91.26 ↓ -25%
CareSource Medicaid $94.00 ↓ -23%
Access Health Services Medicaid $95.82 ↓ -22%
TriWest Veterans Administration $135.10 ↑ +11%
AR BCBS Medi-Pak $140.73 ↑ +15%
Veterans Evaluation Services Veterans Administration TPA $140.73 ↑ +15%
Springs of Jonesboro Medicare $140.73 ↑ +15%
VACCN Veterans Administration $140.73 ↑ +15%
NovaSys Medicare $142.14 ↑ +16%
Cigna Healthspring $142.14 ↑ +16%
Devoted Health Medicare $143.54 ↑ +17%
AR BCBS Medicare $143.54 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Medicare $144.95 ↑ +19%
Primewell Medicare $147.77 ↑ +21%
Aetna Medicare $147.77 ↑ +21%
Access Health Services Medicare $147.77 ↑ +21%
Shared Health Medicare $147.77 ↑ +21%
Humana Medicare $147.77 ↑ +21%
AR BCBS TrueBlue Exchange PPO/TrueBlue Non-Exchange PPO $160.43 ↑ +31%
AR BCBS Commercial $160.43 ↑ +31%
AR BCBS TrueBlue Individual Metallic-Level Plan $160.43 ↑ +31%
Humana PHO $160.75 ↑ +32%
Home State Health Plan Medicaid $160.75 ↑ +32%
NovaSys Commercial/Exchange $182.95 ↑ +50%
Aetna Commercial $192.90 ↑ +58%
Y K Auto Group Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
Aetna PHO $211.09 ↑ +73%
DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
EAS MSSC Schools Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
Heavy Machines Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
Hollowell Industries Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
Jas D Collier Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
Lakeland School System Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
Malco Theaters Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
REI Nation Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
Radians Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
Retzer Resources Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
Ritchey Automotive Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
Security One Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
Silver Tree Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
State Systems Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
Town of Collierville Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
United TN Holdings Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
Vaughn Electric Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
W W Wood Products Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
Arlington Community Schools Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
Armstrong Relocation Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
Bartlett City Schools Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
Brimhall Foods Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
Building Plastic Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
Cannon Motor Company Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
Carlisle Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
City of Bartlett Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
City of Lakeland Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
Collierville Schools Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
Crittenden County Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $211.09 ↑ +73%
First Community Bank Commercial $225.17 ↑ +84%
Access Health Services Commercial $225.17 ↑ +84%
PPO Plus Commercial $239.24 ↑ +96%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $239.24 ↑ +96%
PPO Holdings Commercial $244.34 ↑ +100%
First Choice Health Plan of MS HPN $253.31 ↑ +107%
Burch Food Services Commercial $253.31 ↑ +107%
W G Yates Commercial $253.31 ↑ +107%
French Camp Academy Commercial $253.31 ↑ +107%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $253.31 ↑ +107%
Heartland Catfish Company Commercial $253.31 ↑ +107%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $257.20 ↑ +111%
Cigna Medicare $262.26 ↑ +115%
Aetna Workers Compensation $267.39 ↑ +119%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $276.49 ↑ +126%
Employers Health Network Commercial $281.46 ↑ +130%
Harding Academy Commercial $281.46 ↑ +130%
Littler Commercial $321.50 ↑ +163%
Primewell Commercial $394.04 ↑ +223%
Multiplan Complementary Network $417.95 ↑ +242%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $450.10 ↑ +268%
Municipal Health Benefit Fund Commercial $450.10 ↑ +268%
MPCN PPO/HMO $482.25 ↑ +295%
Healthlink PHO $514.40 ↑ +321%
Healthlink HMO $514.40 ↑ +321%

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