Application of paste boot 29580 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

$94.06

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.

$370.00

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.

$115.77 with Empower vs $2,477.00 with Aetna — 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 $115.77 ↑ +23%
TotalCare Medicaid|All Plans $115.77 ↑ +23%
Summit Medicaid|All Plans $115.77 ↑ +23%
BCBS - AR Medicare|PFFS $144.72 ↑ +54%
BCBS - AR Commercial|All Other Plans $148.24 ↑ +58%
BCBS - AR Commercial|TrueBlue Exchange $148.24 ↑ +58%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $149.06 ↑ +58%
United Medicare|All Plans $149.06 ↑ +58%
BCBS - AR Medicare|HMO PPO $149.06 ↑ +58%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $149.06 ↑ +58%
Centene Medicare|Allwell $151.96 ↑ +62%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $151.96 ↑ +62%
Cigna Commercial|AHN $181.00 ↑ +92%
Cigna Commercial|NBR $192.00 ↑ +104%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $215.00 ↑ +129%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $220.15 ↑ +134%
Centene Commercial|QualChoice $229.92 ↑ +144%
United Commercial|Non-Options $598.00 ↑ +536%
United Commercial|Options $598.00 ↑ +536%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,540.23 ↑ +1537%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,477.00 ↑ +2533%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,477.00 ↑ +2533%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2,477.00 ↑ +2533%

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Application of paste boot 29580 at other Arkansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Boonville Booneville $93.60 $22.39 – $55.02
CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs Hot Springs $300.00 $148.24 – $674.19
Mercy Hospital Ozark River Ozark $93.60 $21.93 – $55.02
Mercy Hospital Paris Academy Paris $93.60 $33.62 – $55.02
CHI St. Vincent Morrilton Morrilton $94.24 $103.60 – $674.19

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