Core ndl bx lng/med perq 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

$875.98

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.

$3,446.00

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 TotalCare vs $3,958.00 with Cigna — 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
TotalCare Medicaid|All Plans $567.50 ↓ -35%
Empower Medicaid|All Plans $567.50 ↓ -35%
Summit Medicaid|All Plans $567.50 ↓ -35%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,313.00 ↑ +50%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,313.00 ↑ +50%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,313.00 ↑ +50%
BCBS - AR Medicare|PFFS $1,485.99 ↑ +70%
BCBS - AR Commercial|TrueBlue Exchange $1,525.10 ↑ +74%
BCBS - AR Commercial|All Other Plans $1,525.10 ↑ +74%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,530.57 ↑ +75%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,530.57 ↑ +75%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $1,530.57 ↑ +75%
BCBS - AR Medicare|HMO PPO $1,530.57 ↑ +75%
Centene Medicare|Allwell $1,560.29 ↑ +78%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,560.29 ↑ +78%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $2,260.44 ↑ +158%
United Commercial|Non-Options $2,421.00 ↑ +176%
United Commercial|Options $2,421.00 ↑ +176%
Centene Commercial|QualChoice $2,456.00 ↑ +180%
Cigna Commercial|AHN $3,345.00 ↑ +282%
Cigna Commercial|NBR $3,548.00 ↑ +305%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,958.00 ↑ +352%

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Core ndl bx lng/med perq at other Arkansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs Hot Springs $2,041.00 $1,632.80 – $1,632.80
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith Fort Smith $5,485.48 $120.78 – $2,589.43
CHI St. Vincent Morrilton Morrilton $659.93 $725.48 – $761.76

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