Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited 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

$294.11

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.

$1,157.00

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.

$133.93 with TotalCare vs $1,498.00 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
TotalCare Medicaid|All Plans $133.93 ↓ -54%
Summit Medicaid|All Plans $133.93 ↓ -54%
Empower Medicaid|All Plans $133.93 ↓ -54%
BCBS - AR Commercial|All Other Plans $221.67 ↓ -25%
BCBS - AR Commercial|TrueBlue Exchange $221.67 ↓ -25%
BCBS - AR Medicare|PFFS $221.69 ↓ -25%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $228.34 ↓ -22%
United Medicare|All Plans $228.34 ↓ -22%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $228.34 ↓ -22%
BCBS - AR Medicare|HMO PPO $228.34 ↓ -22%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $232.77 ↓ -21%
Centene Medicare|Allwell $232.77 ↓ -21%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $337.24 ↑ +15%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $636.35 ↑ +116%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $636.35 ↑ +116%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $636.35 ↑ +116%
Centene Commercial|QualChoice $928.11 ↑ +216%
United Commercial|Options $1,498.00 ↑ +409%
United Commercial|Non-Options $1,498.00 ↑ +409%

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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited at other Arkansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Berryville Berryville $417.95 $59.00 – $303.69
Mercy Hospital Boonville Booneville $737.75 $59.00 – $303.69
CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs Hot Springs $879.00 $133.93 – $879.00
Mercy Hospital Paris Academy Paris $737.10 $59.00 – $303.69
Mercy Hospital Waldron Waldron $737.10 $59.00 – $303.69
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith Fort Smith $773.50 $59.00 – $414.41
CHI St. Vincent Morrilton Morrilton $294.69 $133.93 – $340.16

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