Head CT scan (with and without contrast) at 81-3257997 BMH Calhoun

140 Burke Calhoun City Rd, Calhoun City, MS · Baptistonline · · NPI 1881142461

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 20, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$848.12

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.

$1,631.00

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.

$178.02 with Veterans Evaluation Services vs $1,467.90 with Multiplan — 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
Veterans Evaluation Services Veterans Administration TPA $178.02 ↓ -79%
Molina Medicaid $181.58 ↓ -79%
Molina CHIP $311.54 ↓ -63%
PPO Holdings Commercial $619.78 ↓ -27%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $652.40 ↓ -23%
Tricare Tricare $666.26 ↓ -21%
MS Breast and Cervical MS-BCCP $701.33 ↓ -17%
VACCN Veterans Administration $701.33 ↓ -17%
TriWest Veterans Administration $701.33 ↓ -17%
Devoted Health Medicare $715.36 ↓ -16%
MS BCBS Medicare $722.37 ↓ -15%
American Health Plan Medicare $736.40 ↓ -13%
Primewell Commercial $736.40 ↓ -13%
Shared Health Medicare $736.40 ↓ -13%
Aetna Medicare $736.40 ↓ -13%
Humana Medicare PHO $736.40 ↓ -13%
Magnolia MS Exchange $799.19 ↓ -6%
Littler Commercial $815.50 ↓ -4%
Cigna Commercial $897.05 ↑ +6%
First Choice Health Plan of MS HPN $1,051.99 ↑ +24%
Aetna Commercial $1,060.15 ↑ +25%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $1,192.26 ↑ +41%
Burch Food Services Commercial $1,192.26 ↑ +41%
Hollowell Industries Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
Jas D Collier Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
Lakeland School System Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
Retzer Resources Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
Arlington Community Schools Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
Armstrong Relocation Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
Bartlett City Schools Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
Brimhall Foods Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
Building Plastic Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
Cannon Motor Company Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
Carlisle Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
City of Bartlett Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
City of Lakeland Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
Collierville Schools Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
Crittenden County Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
EAS MSSC Schools Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
First Community Bank Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
French Camp Academy Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
Heartland Catfish Company Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
Heavy Machines Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
Silver Tree Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
State Systems Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
Town of Collierville Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
United TN Holdings Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
Vaughn Electric Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
W G Yates Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
W W Wood Products Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
Y K Auto Group Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
Delta Industries Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
MINACT Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
Malco Theaters Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
REI Nation Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
Radians All $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
Ritchey Automotive Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
Security One Commercial $1,262.39 ↑ +49%
Molina Exchange $1,297.46 ↑ +53%
MS BCBS Commercial $1,304.80 ↑ +54%
Christian Health Aid Commercial $1,304.80 ↑ +54%
Humana PPO $1,304.80 ↑ +54%
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $1,304.80 ↑ +54%
PPO Plus Commercial $1,386.35 ↑ +63%
Harding Academy Commercial $1,402.66 ↑ +65%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,402.66 ↑ +65%
QCA All $1,467.90 ↑ +73%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $1,467.90 ↑ +73%
Multiplan Complementary Network $1,467.90 ↑ +73%

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64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $1,036.40 $154.86 – $985.00
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $835.36 $155.48 – $875.00
64-0362400 Anderson Regional Main Campus Meridian $581.68 $161.20 – $366.37
39-3714515 BMH Oktibbeha County STARKVILLE $739.20 $135.66 – $834.84
64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo Yazoo City $808.93 $155.78 – $158.90
62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle Columbus $1,009.50 $156.32 – $924.00
64-0881013 MBMC Jackson Jackson $867.72 $161.61 – $452.51
45-2896080 MBMC Leake Carthage $887.85 $155.78 – $158.90

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