Pr egd flexible transoral w/placement percutaneous gastrostomy tube 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

$1,041.22

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$4,088.00

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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.

$674.19 with Empower vs $3,515.68 with Centene — 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
Empower Medicaid|All Plans $674.19 ↓ -35%
TotalCare Medicaid|All Plans $674.19 ↓ -35%
Summit Medicaid|All Plans $674.19 ↓ -35%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,144.64 ↑ +10%
BCBS - AR Medicare|PFFS $1,144.64 ↑ +10%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,178.98 ↑ +13%
BCBS - AR Medicare|HMO PPO $1,178.98 ↑ +13%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $1,178.98 ↑ +13%
Centene Medicare|Allwell $1,201.88 ↑ +15%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,201.88 ↑ +15%
Cigna Commercial|AHN $1,521.00 ↑ +46%
Cigna Commercial|NBR $1,614.00 ↑ +55%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,759.00 ↑ +69%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,759.00 ↑ +69%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,759.00 ↑ +69%
BCBS - AR Commercial|All Other Plans $1,771.26 ↑ +70%
BCBS - AR Commercial|TrueBlue Exchange $1,771.26 ↑ +70%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,799.00 ↑ +73%
United Commercial|Options $2,421.00 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|Non-Options $2,421.00 ↑ +133%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $2,646.56 ↑ +154%
Centene Commercial|QualChoice $3,515.68 ↑ +238%

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Pr egd flexible transoral w/placement percutaneous gastrostomy tube at other Arkansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Boonville Booneville $605.80 $167.73 – $1,689.30
Mercy Hospital Ozark River Ozark $605.80 $164.28 – $1,689.30
Mercy Hospital Paris Academy Paris $605.80 $193.98 – $1,689.30
Mercy Hospital Waldron Waldron $605.80 $193.98 – $1,689.30
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith Fort Smith $5,291.04 $161.16 – $3,224.88
CHI St. Vincent North Sherwood $1,039.17 not published

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