Removal cerumen impacted (both sides) 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

$70.05

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$275.00

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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.

$58.46 with BCBS - AR vs $1,313.00 with Aetna — 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
BCBS - AR Commercial|All Other Plans $58.46 ↓ -17%
BCBS - AR Commercial|TrueBlue Exchange $58.46 ↓ -17%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $63.84 ↓ -9%
BCBS - AR Medicare|PFFS $63.84 ↓ -9%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $65.76 ↓ -6%
BCBS - AR Medicare|HMO PPO $65.76 ↓ -6%
United Medicare|All Plans $65.76 ↓ -6%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $67.04 ↓ -4%
Centene Medicare|Allwell $67.04 ↓ -4%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $82.86 ↑ +18%
Cigna Commercial|AHN $181.00 ↑ +158%
Cigna Commercial|NBR $192.00 ↑ +174%
Centene Commercial|QualChoice $196.08 ↑ +180%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $215.00 ↑ +207%
TotalCare Medicaid|All Plans $567.50 ↑ +710%
Empower Medicaid|All Plans $567.50 ↑ +710%
Summit Medicaid|All Plans $567.50 ↑ +710%
United Commercial|Non-Options $598.00 ↑ +754%
United Commercial|Options $598.00 ↑ +754%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,313.00 ↑ +1774%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,313.00 ↑ +1774%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,313.00 ↑ +1774%

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Removal cerumen impacted (both sides) at other Arkansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Berryville Berryville $159.90 $28.96 – $55.69
Mercy Hospital Boonville Booneville $155.35 $25.87 – $41.02
Mercy Hospital Ozark River Ozark $99.45 $25.34 – $41.02
Mercy Hospital Paris Academy Paris $155.35 $31.40 – $50.83
Mercy Hospital Waldron Waldron $155.35 $31.40 – $41.02
CHI St. Vincent North Sherwood $69.91 $58.46 – $219.37
CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs Hot Springs not published $58.46 – $219.37

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