Ultrasound guidance for vascular access 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

$92.72

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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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$488.00

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.

$17.63 with Summit Community Care vs $390.40 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

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
Summit Community Care Medicaid $17.63 ↓ -81%
CareSource Medicaid $18.16 ↓ -80%
Access Health Services Medicaid $18.51 ↓ -80%
AR BCBS Commercial $20.79 ↓ -78%
AR BCBS TrueBlue Exchange PPO/TrueBlue Non-Exchange PPO $20.79 ↓ -78%
AR BCBS TrueBlue Individual Metallic-Level Plan $20.79 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare $37.72 ↓ -59%
Aetna PHO $49.97 ↓ -46%
Aetna Workers Compensation $76.47 ↓ -18%
Cigna Workers Compensation $80.50 ↓ -13%
NovaSys Commercial/Exchange $80.57 ↓ -13%
Home State Health Plan Medicaid $122.00 ↑ +32%
Humana PHO $122.00 ↑ +32%
Aetna Commercial $146.40 ↑ +58%
United Healthcare Commercial $181.00 ↑ +95%
PPO Holdings Commercial $185.44 ↑ +100%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $195.20 ↑ +111%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $209.84 ↑ +126%
Cigna Medicare $232.78 ↑ +151%
Littler Commercial $244.00 ↑ +163%
PPO Plus Commercial $244.00 ↑ +163%
Access Health Services Commercial $292.80 ↑ +216%
AR BCBS Medicare $292.80 ↑ +216%
Primewell Commercial $292.80 ↑ +216%
Multiplan Complementary Network $317.20 ↑ +242%
Municipal Health Benefit Fund Commercial $341.60 ↑ +268%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $341.60 ↑ +268%
MPCN PPO/HMO $366.00 ↑ +295%
Healthlink PHO $390.40 ↑ +321%
Healthlink HMO $390.40 ↑ +321%

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Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at other Arkansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Berryville Berryville $258.05 $17.63 – $60.81
CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs Hot Springs $681.00 $20.79 – $544.80
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith Fort Smith $269.10 $17.63 – $66.55
CHI St. Vincent Morrilton Morrilton $356.08 $20.79 – $411.02
CHI St. Vincent North Sherwood $355.38 $20.79 – $470.38
82-3844150 BMH Crittenden West Memphis $91.95 $17.63 – $69.62

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