Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at 45-2896080 MBMC Leake

1100 MS-16 East, Carthage, MS · Baptistonline · · NPI 1205112539

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

$911.70

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.

$2,026.00

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.

$200.00 with United Healthcare vs $1,094.94 with MS 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.

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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
United Healthcare Commercial $200.00 ↓ -78%
Tricare Tricare $375.00 ↓ -59%
MS Breast and Cervical MS-BCCP $394.74 ↓ -57%
VACCN Veterans Administration $394.74 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare AARP $394.74 ↓ -57%
TriWest Veterans Administration $394.74 ↓ -57%
Devoted Health Medicare $402.63 ↓ -56%
MS BCBS Medicare $406.58 ↓ -55%
Humana Medicare PHO $414.48 ↓ -55%
American Health Plan Medicare $414.48 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicare $414.48 ↓ -55%
Magnolia MS Medicare $414.48 ↓ -55%
Primewell Commercial $414.48 ↓ -55%
Cigna Medicare $414.48 ↓ -55%
Shared Health Medicare $414.48 ↓ -55%
Wellcare Medicare $414.48 ↓ -55%
PPO Holdings Commercial $441.18 ↓ -52%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $464.40 ↓ -49%
Veterans Evaluation Services Veterans Administration TPA $541.03 ↓ -41%
Magnolia MS Medicaid $541.03 ↓ -41%
Molina Medicaid $551.85 ↓ -39%
Littler Commercial $580.50 ↓ -36%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $671.06 ↓ -26%
Burch Food Services Commercial $671.06 ↓ -26%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
Armstrong Relocation Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
Brimhall Foods Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
Building Plastic Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
Carlisle Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
Crittenden County Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
First Community Bank Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
French Camp Academy Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
Retzer Resources Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
Ritchey Automotive Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
Security One Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
Silver Tree Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
State Systems Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
United TN Holdings Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
Vaughn Electric Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
W G Yates Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
W W Wood Products Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
Y K Auto Group Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
Delta Industries Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
MINACT Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
Heartland Catfish Company Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
Heavy Machines Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
Jas D Collier Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
Malco Theaters Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
REI Nation Commercial $710.53 ↓ -22%
Radians All $710.53 ↓ -22%
Molina Exchange $730.27 ↓ -20%
Cannon Motor Company Commercial $773.23 ↓ -15%
Employers Health Network Commercial $789.48 ↓ -13%
Harding Academy Commercial $789.48 ↓ -13%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $812.70 ↓ -11%
Multiplan Complementary Network $812.70 ↓ -11%
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $928.80 ↑ +2%
PPO Plus Commercial $928.80 ↑ +2%
Aetna Commercial $928.80 ↑ +2%
Molina CHIP $946.80 ↑ +4%
Humana PPO $986.85 ↑ +8%
MS BCBS Commercial $1,094.94 ↑ +20%

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Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $294.60 $537.83 – $1,585.19
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $338.79 $539.97 – $1,574.92
64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo Yazoo City $830.66 $541.03 – $551.85
62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle Columbus $368.25 $542.89 – $1,583.43
64-0663760 BMH Booneville Booneville $459.60 $528.68 – $1,541.99

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