Observation per hour 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

$0.51

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.

$3.37

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.

$0.32 with NovaSys vs $2,388.00 with Oscar — 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
NovaSys Commercial/Exchange $0.32 ↓ -37%
Magnolia TN Exchange $0.48 ↓ -6%
Aetna Commercial $0.53 ↑ +4%
AR BCBS TrueBlue Individual Metallic-Level Plan $0.61 ↑ +20%
PPO Holdings Commercial $0.77 ↑ +51%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $0.81 ↑ +59%
Cooper Realty Commercial $0.81 ↑ +59%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $0.87 ↑ +71%
Littler Commercial $1.01 ↑ +98%
AR BCBS Preferred Payment Plan/TrueBlue Exchange PPO/TrueBlue Non-Exchange PPO $1.05 ↑ +106%
AR BCBS FirstSource PPO $1.05 ↑ +106%
AR BCBS HMO/HealthAdvantage HMO $1.05 ↑ +106%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $1.07 ↑ +110%
Humana CPOS/HMO/NPOS $1.09 ↑ +114%
Access Health Services Commercial $1.21 ↑ +137%
AR BCBS Medicare $1.21 ↑ +137%
AR BCBS LPPO $1.21 ↑ +137%
Primewell Medicare $1.21 ↑ +137%
Primewell Commercial $1.21 ↑ +137%
Butler Snow Commercial $1.21 ↑ +137%
Multiplan Complementary Network $1.51 ↑ +196%
PPO Plus Commercial $1.62 ↑ +218%
TN BCBS Network E $50.00 ↑ +9704%
TN BCBS Network L $55.00 ↑ +10684%
TN BCBS Network S $62.00 ↑ +12057%
TN BCBS Network P $100.00 ↑ +19508%
Aetna Medicare $118.26 ↑ +23088%
Wellpoint Medicaid $1,200.00 ↑ +235194%
Oscar Commercial $2,388.00 ↑ +468135%

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Observation per hour at other Arkansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Berryville Berryville $59.15 $56.43 – $62.07
CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs Hot Springs $117.00 $29.06 – $1,906.00
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith Fort Smith $103.35 $38.57 – $56.43
CHI St. Vincent Morrilton Morrilton $38.46 $29.06 – $44.40
CHI St. Vincent North Sherwood $38.39 $29.06 – $2,088.00

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