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SIGNS & SYMPTOMS OF MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM & CONN TISSUE WITHOUT COMORBITY
Little Rock, AR
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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’s median price of $8.8k is 5% above the median hospital's median price ($8.4k), higher than 56% of the 2,226 hospitals reporting MS-DRG 556. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 12 payers, 17 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | MultiPlan multiplan facility · per diem · inpatient | $1,050 | $1,050 | $1,050 – $1,050 |
| 2 | First Health first health facility · per diem · inpatient | $1,273 | $1,273 | $1,273 – $1,273 |
| 3 | Cigna 16 facility · per diem · inpatient | $2,994 | $2,994 | $2,994 – $2,994 |
| 4 | Cigna cigna facility · per diem · inpatient | $3,113 | $3,113 | $3,113 – $3,113 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross blue shield metallic plan facility · case rate · inpatient | $7,995 | $7,995 | $7,995 – $7,995 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross blue shield true blue ppo facility · case rate · inpatient | $8,389 | $8,389 | $8,389 – $8,389 |
| 7 | Aetna medicare facility · other · inpatient | $8,563 | $8,563 | $8,563 – $8,563 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross blue shield medicare advantage facility · other · inpatient | $8,820 | $8,820 | $8,820 – $8,820 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross blue shield premium hmo facility · other · inpatient | $8,820 | $8,820 | $8,820 – $8,820 |
| 10 | Humana choicecare medicare advantage facility · other · inpatient | $8,820 | $8,820 | $8,820 – $8,820 |
| 11 | Optum medicare advantage facility · other · inpatient | $8,820 | $8,820 | $8,820 – $8,820 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · other · inpatient | $8,820 | $8,820 | $8,820 – $8,820 |
| 13 | WellCare medicare advantage facility · other · inpatient | $8,820 | $8,820 | $8,820 – $8,820 |
| 14 | Cigna Healthspring cigna healthspring medicare advantage facility · other · inpatient | $8,905 | $8,905 | $8,905 – $8,905 |
| 15 | Devoted devoted health plan facility · other · inpatient | $8,991 | $8,991 | $8,991 – $8,991 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · case rate · inpatient | $9,163 | $9,163 | $9,163 – $9,163 |
| 17 | Ambetter ambetter facility · other · inpatient | $15,242 | $15,242 | $15,242 – $15,242 |
Last updated: Jun 17, 2026
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