Thoracentesis pleural space needle/catheter aspiration with imaging guidance (both sides) at 82-3844150 BMH Crittenden
2100 N 7th St, West Memphis, AR · Baptistonline · · NPI 1437634524
$458.40
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.
$3,056.00
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.
$68.01 with Tribute Health Plan vs $1,847.00 with TN BCBS — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tribute Health Plan | Medicaid | $68.01 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $236.60 | ↓ -48% |
| Summit Community Care | Medicaid | $250.00 | ↓ -45% |
| CareSource | Medicaid | $257.50 | ↓ -44% |
| PPO Holdings | Commercial | $345.80 | ↓ -25% |
| Magnolia Regional Health Center | Commercial | $364.00 | ↓ -21% |
| Cooper Realty | Commercial | $364.00 | ↓ -21% |
| Multiplan | MPI Primary Network | $391.30 | ↓ -15% |
| Littler | Commercial | $455.00 | ↓ -1% |
| First Choice Health Plan of MS | Commercial | $482.30 | ↑ +5% |
| Humana | CPOS/HMO/NPOS | $491.40 | ↑ +7% |
| TN BCBS | TennCare | $495.20 | ↑ +8% |
| TN BCBS | CoverKids | $536.60 | ↑ +17% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid | $537.83 | ↑ +17% |
| TriWest | Veterans Administration | $543.49 | ↑ +19% |
| AR BCBS | LPPO | $546.00 | ↑ +19% |
| Primewell | Medicare | $546.00 | ↑ +19% |
| Butler Snow | Commercial | $546.00 | ↑ +19% |
| Access Health Services | Commercial | $546.00 | ↑ +19% |
| AR BCBS | Medicare | $546.00 | ↑ +19% |
| Veterans Evaluation Services | Veterans Administration TPA | $566.14 | ↑ +24% |
| VACCN | Veterans Administration | $566.14 | ↑ +24% |
| Molina | Medicaid | $577.46 | ↑ +26% |
| Devoted Health | Medicare | $577.46 | ↑ +26% |
| AR BCBS | HMO/HealthAdvantage HMO | $588.35 | ↑ +28% |
| AR BCBS | FirstSource PPO | $588.35 | ↑ +28% |
| AR BCBS | TrueBlue Individual Metallic-Level Plan | $588.35 | ↑ +28% |
| AR BCBS | Preferred Payment Plan/TrueBlue Exchange PPO/TrueBlue Non-Exchange PPO | $588.35 | ↑ +28% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare | $594.45 | ↑ +30% |
| TN BCBS | BlueCare Plus | $594.45 | ↑ +30% |
| Humana | Medicare | $594.45 | ↑ +30% |
| American Health Plan | Medicare | $594.45 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $594.45 | ↑ +30% |
| Shared Health | Medicare | $594.45 | ↑ +30% |
| NovaSys | Medicare | $594.45 | ↑ +30% |
| TN BCBS | Medicare | $594.45 | ↑ +30% |
| Tribute Health Plan | Medicare | $594.45 | ↑ +30% |
| Multiplan | Complementary Network | $682.50 | ↑ +49% |
| PPO Plus | Commercial | $728.00 | ↑ +59% |
| NovaSys | Commercial/Exchange | $735.98 | ↑ +61% |
| TN BCBS | BlueCare | $839.17 | ↑ +83% |
| Rhodes College | Commercial | $905.82 | ↑ +98% |
| TN BCBS | Network E | $908.00 | ↑ +98% |
| Collierville Schools | Commercial | $934.13 | ↑ +104% |
| Arlington Community Schools | Commercial | $934.13 | ↑ +104% |
| Bartlett City Schools | Commercial | $934.13 | ↑ +104% |
| City of Bartlett | Commercial | $934.13 | ↑ +104% |
| City of Lakeland | Commercial | $934.13 | ↑ +104% |
| Lakeland School System | Commercial | $934.13 | ↑ +104% |
| Town of Collierville | Commercial | $934.13 | ↑ +104% |
| EAS MSSC Schools | Commercial | $934.13 | ↑ +104% |
| Magnolia TN | Exchange | $955.81 | ↑ +109% |
| First State Bank Trust | Commercial | $962.44 | ↑ +110% |
| Molina | CHIP | $990.75 | ↑ +116% |
| TN BCBS | Network L | $1,008.00 | ↑ +120% |
| Hollowell Industries | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| Hospitality Management Advisors | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| Jas D Collier | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| Malco Theaters | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| Mechanical Systems | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| Mid-South Transport | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| Patterson Warehouses | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| REI Nation | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| Radians | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| Retzer Resources | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| Ritchey Automotive | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| Security One | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| Silver Tree | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| State Systems | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| United TN Holdings | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| Vaughn Electric | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| W G Yates | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| W W Wood Products | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| Watkins Uiberall | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| Armstrong Relocation | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| Y K Auto Group | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| Ashley Furniture Stores | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| Brimhall Foods | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| Building Plastic | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| Burch Food Services | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| Cannon Motor Company | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| Carlisle | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| Crittenden County | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| Davidson Hospitality | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| Dunn Investment Company | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| First Choice Health Plan of MS | HPN | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| First Community Bank | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| French Camp Academy | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| Gossett Motor Cars | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| Hattiesburg Clinic | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| Heartland Catfish Company | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| Heavy Machines | Commercial | $1,019.05 | ↑ +122% |
| Molina | Exchange | $1,047.36 | ↑ +128% |
| Harding Academy | Commercial | $1,132.28 | ↑ +147% |
| Employers Health Network | Commercial | $1,132.28 | ↑ +147% |
| Oscar | Commercial | $1,134.30 | ↑ +147% |
| Primewell | Commercial | $1,585.19 | ↑ +246% |
| TN BCBS | Network P | $1,847.00 | ↑ +303% |
| TN BCBS | Network S | $1,847.00 | ↑ +303% |
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| CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs | Hot Springs | $1,283.00 | $1,026.40 – $1,219.64 |
| 26-1214372 NEA Baptist | Jonesboro | $417.24 | $51.00 – $1,139.40 |
| 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 |
| CHI St. Vincent North | Sherwood | $371.14 | $1,219.64 – $1,219.64 |