Smear wet mount 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

$11.96

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.

$23.00

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.

$5.82 with Veterans Evaluation Services vs $20.70 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 $5.82 ↓ -51%
Molina Medicaid $5.94 ↓ -50%
MS BCBS Commercial $7.64 ↓ -36%
PPO Holdings Commercial $8.74 ↓ -27%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $9.20 ↓ -23%
Tricare Tricare $9.40 ↓ -21%
MS Breast and Cervical MS-BCCP $9.89 ↓ -17%
VACCN Veterans Administration $9.89 ↓ -17%
TriWest Veterans Administration $9.89 ↓ -17%
Devoted Health Medicare $10.09 ↓ -16%
Molina CHIP $10.19 ↓ -15%
MS BCBS Medicare $10.19 ↓ -15%
Aetna Medicare $10.38 ↓ -13%
Primewell Commercial $10.38 ↓ -13%
Shared Health Medicare $10.38 ↓ -13%
Humana Medicare PHO $10.38 ↓ -13%
American Health Plan Medicare $10.38 ↓ -13%
Magnolia MS Exchange $11.27 ↓ -6%
Littler Commercial $11.50 ↓ -4%
Cigna Commercial $12.65 ↑ +6%
First Choice Health Plan of MS HPN $14.84 ↑ +24%
Aetna Commercial $14.95 ↑ +25%
Burch Food Services Commercial $16.81 ↑ +41%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $16.81 ↑ +41%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
Jas D Collier Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
Lakeland School System Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
Radians All $17.80 ↑ +49%
Arlington Community Schools Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
Armstrong Relocation Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
Bartlett City Schools Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
Brimhall Foods Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
Building Plastic Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
Cannon Motor Company Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
Carlisle Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
City of Bartlett Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
City of Lakeland Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
Collierville Schools Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
Crittenden County Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
EAS MSSC Schools Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
First Community Bank Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
French Camp Academy Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
Heartland Catfish Company Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
Heavy Machines Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
Hollowell Industries Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
Silver Tree Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
Town of Collierville Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
United TN Holdings Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
Vaughn Electric Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
W G Yates Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
W W Wood Products Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
Y K Auto Group Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
Delta Industries Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
MINACT Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
Malco Theaters Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
REI Nation Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
State Systems Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
Retzer Resources Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
Ritchey Automotive Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
Security One Commercial $17.80 ↑ +49%
Molina Exchange $18.30 ↑ +53%
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $18.40 ↑ +54%
Christian Health Aid Commercial $18.40 ↑ +54%
Humana PPO $18.40 ↑ +54%
PPO Plus Commercial $19.55 ↑ +63%
Harding Academy Commercial $19.78 ↑ +65%
Employers Health Network Commercial $19.78 ↑ +65%
QCA All $20.70 ↑ +73%
Multiplan Complementary Network $20.70 ↑ +73%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $20.70 ↑ +73%

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