CT guidance for needle placement at 82-3844150 BMH Crittenden

2100 N 7th St, West Memphis, AR · Baptistonline · · NPI 1437634524

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 27, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$438.15

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.

$2,921.00

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.

$72.29 with AR BCBS vs $2,336.80 with PPO Plus — 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
AR BCBS TrueBlue Individual Metallic-Level Plan $72.29 ↓ -84%
AR BCBS Preferred Payment Plan/TrueBlue Exchange PPO/TrueBlue Non-Exchange PPO $72.29 ↓ -84%
AR BCBS HMO/HealthAdvantage HMO $72.29 ↓ -84%
AR BCBS FirstSource PPO $72.29 ↓ -84%
TN BCBS Network E $100.79 ↓ -77%
TN BCBS Network L $111.71 ↓ -75%
TN BCBS Network S $123.91 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare $171.80 ↓ -61%
TN BCBS Network P $176.55 ↓ -60%
NovaSys Commercial/Exchange $459.47 ↑ +5%
Humana CPOS/HMO/NPOS $574.00 ↑ +31%
Magnolia TN Exchange $690.52 ↑ +58%
Aetna Commercial $759.46 ↑ +73%
Oscar Commercial $1,022.35 ↑ +133%
PPO Holdings Commercial $1,109.98 ↑ +153%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $1,168.40 ↑ +167%
Cooper Realty Commercial $1,168.40 ↑ +167%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $1,256.03 ↑ +187%
Littler Commercial $1,460.50 ↑ +233%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $1,548.13 ↑ +253%
Primewell Commercial $1,752.60 ↑ +300%
Butler Snow Commercial $1,752.60 ↑ +300%
Primewell Medicare $1,752.60 ↑ +300%
AR BCBS Medicare $1,752.60 ↑ +300%
Access Health Services Commercial $1,752.60 ↑ +300%
AR BCBS LPPO $1,752.60 ↑ +300%
Multiplan Complementary Network $2,190.75 ↑ +400%
PPO Plus Commercial $2,336.80 ↑ +433%

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CT guidance for needle placement at other Arkansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Berryville Berryville $1,522.95 $58.85 – $669.29
CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs Hot Springs $1,375.00 $72.29 – $1,100.00
26-1214372 NEA Baptist Jonesboro $687.42 $72.29 – $264.60
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith Fort Smith $1,118.65 $58.85 – $669.29
CHI St. Vincent Morrilton Morrilton $516.03 $72.29 – $565.95
CHI St. Vincent North Sherwood $515.01 $72.29 – $2,117.84

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