Analysis tumor 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

$17.83

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.

$70.00

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.

$19.60 with BCBS - AR vs $239.08 with Centene — 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
BCBS - AR Medicare|PFFS $19.60 ↑ +10%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $19.60 ↑ +10%
United Medicare|All Plans $20.19 ↑ +13%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $20.19 ↑ +13%
BCBS - AR Medicare|HMO PPO $20.19 ↑ +13%
Centene Medicare|Allwell $20.58 ↑ +15%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $20.58 ↑ +15%
Cigna Commercial|AHN $30.79 ↑ +73%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $38.50 ↑ +116%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $38.50 ↑ +116%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $38.50 ↑ +116%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $51.24 ↑ +187%
Centene Commercial|QualChoice $60.20 ↑ +238%
Cigna Commercial|NBR $65.92 ↑ +270%
BCBS - AR Commercial|All Other Plans $70.00 ↑ +293%
BCBS - AR Commercial|TrueBlue Exchange $70.00 ↑ +293%
United Commercial|Options $149.16 ↑ +737%
United Commercial|Non-Options $149.16 ↑ +737%
TotalCare Medicaid|All Plans $158.90 ↑ +791%
Empower Medicaid|All Plans $158.90 ↑ +791%
Summit Medicaid|All Plans $158.90 ↑ +791%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $239.08 ↑ +1241%

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Analysis tumor at other Arkansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Boonville Booneville $187.85 $52.88 – $222.02
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith Fort Smith $103.35 $32.75 – $267.11
CHI St. Vincent North Sherwood $457.31 $30.79 – $989.45

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