Aluminum - quest 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

$9.43

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.

$37.00

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.

$19.21 with Cigna vs $37.00 with Cigna — 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
Cigna Commercial|NBR $19.21 ↑ +104%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $20.35 ↑ +116%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $20.35 ↑ +116%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $20.35 ↑ +116%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $22.12 ↑ +135%
Cigna Commercial|AHN $24.99 ↑ +165%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $25.48 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|Options $25.48 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|Non-Options $25.48 ↑ +170%
BCBS - AR Medicare|PFFS $25.48 ↑ +170%
BCBS - AR Medicare|HMO PPO $26.24 ↑ +178%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $26.24 ↑ +178%
United Medicare|All Plans $26.24 ↑ +178%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $26.75 ↑ +184%
Centene Medicare|Allwell $26.75 ↑ +184%
Summit Medicaid|All Plans $28.31 ↑ +200%
TotalCare Medicaid|All Plans $28.31 ↑ +200%
Empower Medicaid|All Plans $28.31 ↑ +200%
BCBS - AR Commercial|TrueBlue Exchange $29.05 ↑ +208%
BCBS - AR Commercial|All Other Plans $29.05 ↑ +208%
Centene Commercial|QualChoice $31.82 ↑ +237%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $37.00 ↑ +292%

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Aluminum - quest at other Arkansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Berryville Berryville $108.55 $12.47 – $39.88
Mercy Hospital Boonville Booneville $91.65 $12.47 – $39.88
CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs Hot Springs $112.00 $19.21 – $89.60
Mercy Hospital Ozark River Ozark $91.65 $12.47 – $39.88
Mercy Hospital Paris Academy Paris $91.65 $12.47 – $39.88
Mercy Hospital Waldron Waldron $91.65 $12.47 – $39.88
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith Fort Smith $88.40 $11.92 – $64.65
CHI St. Vincent North Sherwood $28.73 $12.47 – $28.31

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