Thoracentesis pleural space needle/catheter aspiration with imaging guidance (both sides) at CHI St. Vincent North
2215 Wildwood Avenue, Sherwood, AR · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1629011002
$371.14
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.
$1,460.00
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.
$567.03 with BCBS - AR vs $1,574.00 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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| BCBS - AR | Medicare|PFFS | $567.03 | ↑ +53% |
| Empower | Medicaid|All Plans | $567.50 | ↑ +53% |
| TotalCare | Medicaid|All Plans | $567.50 | ↑ +53% |
| Summit | Medicaid|All Plans | $567.50 | ↑ +53% |
| Cigna | Medicare|Healthspring | $584.04 | ↑ +57% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $584.04 | ↑ +57% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $584.04 | ↑ +57% |
| BCBS - AR | Medicare|HMO PPO | $584.04 | ↑ +57% |
| BCBS - AR | Commercial|All Other Plans | $588.35 | ↑ +59% |
| BCBS - AR | Commercial|TrueBlue Exchange | $588.35 | ↑ +59% |
| Centene | Medicare|Allwell | $595.38 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $595.38 | ↑ +60% |
| Centene | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $862.56 | ↑ +132% |
| Cigna | Commercial|AHN | $1,191.00 | ↑ +221% |
| Centene | Commercial|QualChoice | $1,219.64 | ↑ +229% |
| Cigna | Commercial|NBR | $1,264.00 | ↑ +241% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,313.00 | ↑ +254% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,313.00 | ↑ +254% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,313.00 | ↑ +254% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,409.00 | ↑ +280% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,540.23 | ↑ +315% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $1,574.00 | ↑ +324% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options | $1,574.00 | ↑ +324% |
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Thoracentesis pleural space needle/catheter aspiration with imaging guidance (both sides) at other Arkansas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs | Hot Springs | $1,283.00 | $1,026.40 – $1,219.64 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith | Fort Smith | $2,162.55 | $87.25 – $1,153.00 |
| CHI St. Vincent Morrilton | Morrilton | $453.37 | $408.80 – $429.24 |