CT guidance for needle placement at CHI St. Vincent Morrilton
4 Hospital Drive, Morrilton, AR · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1891778049
$516.03
Cash price 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.
$2,026.00
Gross charge 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.
$72.29 with BCBS - AR vs $1,655.50 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS - AR | Commercial|TrueBlue Exchange | $72.29 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - AR | Commercial|All Other Plans | $72.29 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | Commercial|AHN | $391.00 | ↓ -24% |
| Cigna | Commercial|NBR | $415.00 | ↓ -20% |
| BCBS - AR | Medicare|PFFS | $539.00 | ↑ +4% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $539.00 | ↑ +4% |
| Cigna | Medicare|Healthspring | $555.17 | ↑ +8% |
| BCBS - AR | Medicare|HMO PPO | $555.17 | ↑ +8% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $555.17 | ↑ +8% |
| Centene | Medicare|Allwell | $565.95 | ↑ +10% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $565.95 | ↑ +10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,002.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,002.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,002.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,056.00 | ↑ +105% |
| Centene | Commercial|QualChoice | $1,655.50 | ↑ +221% |
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CT guidance for needle placement at other Arkansas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospital Berryville | Berryville | $1,522.95 | $58.85 – $669.29 |
| CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs | Hot Springs | $1,375.00 | $72.29 – $1,100.00 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith | Fort Smith | $1,118.65 | $58.85 – $669.29 |
| CHI St. Vincent North | Sherwood | $515.01 | $72.29 – $2,117.84 |