Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at CHI St. Vincent North

2215 Wildwood Avenue, Sherwood, AR · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1629011002

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$406.47

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.

$1,599.00

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.

$567.50 with Empower vs $2,421.00 with United — 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
Empower Medicaid|All Plans $567.50 ↑ +40%
TotalCare Medicaid|All Plans $567.50 ↑ +40%
Summit Medicaid|All Plans $567.50 ↑ +40%
BCBS - AR Commercial|All Other Plans $839.58 ↑ +107%
BCBS - AR Commercial|TrueBlue Exchange $839.58 ↑ +107%
BCBS - AR Medicare|PFFS $859.87 ↑ +112%
United Medicare|All Plans $885.67 ↑ +118%
BCBS - AR Medicare|HMO PPO $885.67 ↑ +118%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $885.67 ↑ +118%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $885.67 ↑ +118%
Centene Medicare|Allwell $902.86 ↑ +122%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $902.86 ↑ +122%
Cigna Commercial|AHN $1,191.00 ↑ +193%
Centene Commercial|QualChoice $1,237.91 ↑ +205%
Cigna Commercial|NBR $1,264.00 ↑ +211%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,308.03 ↑ +222%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,409.00 ↑ +247%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,540.23 ↑ +279%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,759.00 ↑ +333%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,759.00 ↑ +333%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,759.00 ↑ +333%
United Commercial|Options $2,421.00 ↑ +496%
United Commercial|Non-Options $2,421.00 ↑ +496%

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Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at other Arkansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Berryville Berryville $438.75 $72.09 – $879.18
Mercy Hospital Boonville Booneville $440.05 $66.19 – $180.09
CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs Hot Springs $1,849.00 $1,237.91 – $1,479.20
Mercy Hospital Ozark River Ozark $440.05 $64.83 – $180.09
Mercy Hospital Paris Academy Paris $345.15 $71.11 – $180.09
Mercy Hospital Waldron Waldron $345.15 $71.11 – $180.09
CHI St. Vincent Morrilton Morrilton $407.27 $447.72 – $470.11

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