Biopsy needle lymph node superficial at CHI St. Vincent North
2215 Wildwood Avenue, Sherwood, AR · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1629011002
$941.05
Cash price 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.
$3,702.00
Gross charge 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Empower | Medicaid|All Plans | $567.50 | ↓ -40% |
| TotalCare | Medicaid|All Plans | $567.50 | ↓ -40% |
| Summit | Medicaid|All Plans | $567.50 | ↓ -40% |
| Cigna | Commercial|AHN | $1,191.00 | ↑ +27% |
| Cigna | Commercial|NBR | $1,264.00 | ↑ +34% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,313.00 | ↑ +40% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,313.00 | ↑ +40% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,313.00 | ↑ +40% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,409.00 | ↑ +50% |
| Centene | Commercial|QualChoice | $1,472.00 | ↑ +56% |
| BCBS - AR | Medicare|PFFS | $1,485.99 | ↑ +58% |
| BCBS - AR | Commercial|TrueBlue Exchange | $1,525.10 | ↑ +62% |
| BCBS - AR | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,525.10 | ↑ +62% |
| BCBS - AR | Medicare|HMO PPO | $1,530.57 | ↑ +63% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,530.57 | ↑ +63% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,530.57 | ↑ +63% |
| Cigna | Medicare|Healthspring | $1,530.57 | ↑ +63% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,540.23 | ↑ +64% |
| Centene | Medicare|Allwell | $1,560.29 | ↑ +66% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,560.29 | ↑ +66% |
| Centene | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $2,260.44 | ↑ +140% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options | $2,421.00 | ↑ +157% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $2,421.00 | ↑ +157% |
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Biopsy needle lymph node superficial at other Arkansas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs | Hot Springs | $1,496.00 | $1,196.80 – $1,196.80 |
| Mercy Hospital Paris | Academy Paris | $356.85 | $68.39 – $1,442.85 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith | Fort Smith | $3,556.15 | $68.63 – $2,589.43 |
| CHI St. Vincent Morrilton | Morrilton | $942.90 | $560.28 – $588.30 |