Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) at CHI St. Vincent Morrilton

4 Hospital Drive, Morrilton, AR · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1891778049

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$249.61

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.

$980.00

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.

$45.40 with Empower vs $245.18 with United — 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
Empower Medicaid|All Plans $45.40 ↓ -82%
TotalCare Medicaid|All Plans $45.40 ↓ -82%
Summit Medicaid|All Plans $45.40 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $56.56 ↓ -77%
BCBS - AR Medicare|PFFS $56.56 ↓ -77%
BCBS - AR Medicare|HMO PPO $58.26 ↓ -77%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $58.26 ↓ -77%
United Medicare|All Plans $58.26 ↓ -77%
Centene Medicare|Allwell $59.39 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $59.39 ↓ -76%
BCBS - AR Commercial|TrueBlue Exchange $107.60 ↓ -57%
BCBS - AR Commercial|All Other Plans $107.60 ↓ -57%
Cigna Commercial|AHN $119.38 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial|NBR $121.80 ↓ -51%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $123.53 ↓ -51%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $148.37 ↓ -41%
Centene Commercial|QualChoice $173.72 ↓ -30%
United Commercial|Options $245.18 ↓ -2%
United Commercial|Non-Options $245.18 ↓ -2%

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Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) at other Arkansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Berryville Berryville $457.60 $20.00 – $232.11
Mercy Hospital Boonville Booneville $412.10 $20.00 – $252.18
CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs Hot Springs $878.00 $45.40 – $702.40
Mercy Hospital Ozark River Ozark $411.45 $20.00 – $252.18
Mercy Hospital Paris Academy Paris $411.45 $20.00 – $252.18
Mercy Hospital Waldron Waldron $411.45 $20.00 – $252.18
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith Fort Smith $482.30 $20.00 – $252.18
CHI St. Vincent North Sherwood $249.12 $45.40 – $377.57

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