Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 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

$331.11

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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.

$1,300.00

Gross charge

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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.

$364.00 with Humana vs $1,574.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
Humana Medicare|All Plans $364.00 ↑ +10%
BCBS - AR Medicare|PFFS $364.00 ↑ +10%
United Medicare|All Plans $374.92 ↑ +13%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $374.92 ↑ +13%
BCBS - AR Medicare|HMO PPO $374.92 ↑ +13%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $382.20 ↑ +15%
Centene Medicare|Allwell $382.20 ↑ +15%
TotalCare Medicaid|All Plans $567.50 ↑ +71%
Empower Medicaid|All Plans $567.50 ↑ +71%
Summit Medicaid|All Plans $567.50 ↑ +71%
BCBS - AR Commercial|TrueBlue Exchange $588.35 ↑ +78%
BCBS - AR Commercial|All Other Plans $588.35 ↑ +78%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $862.56 ↑ +161%
Centene Commercial|QualChoice $1,118.00 ↑ +238%
Cigna Commercial|AHN $1,191.00 ↑ +260%
Cigna Commercial|NBR $1,264.00 ↑ +282%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,313.00 ↑ +297%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,313.00 ↑ +297%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,313.00 ↑ +297%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,409.00 ↑ +326%
United Commercial|Non-Options $1,574.00 ↑ +375%
United Commercial|Options $1,574.00 ↑ +375%

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Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at other Arkansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Berryville Berryville $422.50 $87.53 – $579.77
Mercy Hospital Boonville Booneville $453.70 $75.85 – $200.34
CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs Hot Springs $1,039.00 $831.20 – $1,039.00
Mercy Hospital Ozark River Ozark $453.70 $74.29 – $200.34
Mercy Hospital Paris Academy Paris $453.70 $87.21 – $200.34
CHI St. Vincent North Sherwood $330.46 $1,057.10 – $1,057.10

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