Lithium therapeutic drug level 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

$18.60

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.

$73.00

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.

$4.99 with Cigna vs $45.58 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
Cigna Commercial|NBR $4.99 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial|AHN $6.49 ↓ -65%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $6.61 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|Options $6.61 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|Non-Options $6.61 ↓ -64%
BCBS - AR Medicare|PFFS $6.61 ↓ -64%
BCBS - AR Medicare|HMO PPO $6.81 ↓ -63%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $6.81 ↓ -63%
United Medicare|All Plans $6.81 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $6.94 ↓ -63%
Centene Medicare|Allwell $6.94 ↓ -63%
BCBS - AR Commercial|All Other Plans $7.54 ↓ -59%
BCBS - AR Commercial|TrueBlue Exchange $7.54 ↓ -59%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $16.74 ↓ -10%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $16.97 ↓ -9%
Empower Medicaid|All Plans $21.41 ↑ +15%
Summit Medicaid|All Plans $21.41 ↑ +15%
TotalCare Medicaid|All Plans $21.41 ↑ +15%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $29.15 ↑ +57%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $29.15 ↑ +57%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $29.15 ↑ +57%
Centene Commercial|QualChoice $45.58 ↑ +145%

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Lithium therapeutic drug level at other Arkansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Berryville Berryville $92.30 $5.88 – $30.19
Mercy Hospital Boonville Booneville $62.40 $5.88 – $30.19
CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs Hot Springs $77.00 $4.99 – $61.60
Mercy Hospital Ozark River Ozark $62.40 $5.88 – $30.19
Mercy Hospital Paris Academy Paris $62.40 $5.88 – $30.19
Mercy Hospital Waldron Waldron $62.40 $5.88 – $30.19
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith Fort Smith $52.65 $5.88 – $30.19
CHI St. Vincent North Sherwood $21.87 $4.99 – $21.41

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