Brain MRI (without contrast) 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

$1,127.70

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.

$2,506.00

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.

$211.52 with Magnolia MS vs $997.90 with Humana — 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
Magnolia MS Medicaid $211.52 ↓ -81%
Veterans Evaluation Services Veterans Administration TPA $211.52 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicaid $215.75 ↓ -81%
Molina CHIP $370.16 ↓ -67%
Tricare Tricare $379.20 ↓ -66%
TriWest Veterans Administration $399.16 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare AARP $399.16 ↓ -65%
MS Breast and Cervical MS-BCCP $399.16 ↓ -65%
VACCN Veterans Administration $399.16 ↓ -65%
Devoted Health Medicare $407.14 ↓ -64%
MS BCBS Medicare $411.13 ↓ -64%
American Health Plan Medicare $419.12 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare $419.12 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare PHO $419.12 ↓ -63%
Primewell Commercial $419.12 ↓ -63%
Cigna Medicare $419.12 ↓ -63%
Shared Health Medicare $419.12 ↓ -63%
Wellcare Medicare $419.12 ↓ -63%
Magnolia MS Medicare $419.12 ↓ -63%
PPO Holdings Commercial $446.12 ↓ -60%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $469.60 ↓ -58%
Littler Commercial $587.00 ↓ -48%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $678.57 ↓ -40%
Burch Food Services Commercial $678.57 ↓ -40%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
Armstrong Relocation Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
Brimhall Foods Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
Building Plastic Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
Carlisle Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
Crittenden County Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
First Community Bank Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
French Camp Academy Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
Retzer Resources Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
Ritchey Automotive Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
Security One Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
Silver Tree Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
State Systems Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
United TN Holdings Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
Vaughn Electric Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
W G Yates Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
W W Wood Products Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
Y K Auto Group Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
Delta Industries Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
MINACT Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
Heartland Catfish Company Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
Heavy Machines Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
Jas D Collier Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
Malco Theaters Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
REI Nation Commercial $718.49 ↓ -36%
Radians All $718.49 ↓ -36%
Molina Exchange $738.45 ↓ -35%
Cannon Motor Company Commercial $781.88 ↓ -31%
Employers Health Network Commercial $798.32 ↓ -29%
Harding Academy Commercial $798.32 ↓ -29%
Multiplan Complementary Network $821.80 ↓ -27%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $821.80 ↓ -27%
PPO Plus Commercial $939.20 ↓ -17%
MS BCBS Commercial $939.20 ↓ -17%
Aetna Commercial $939.20 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Commercial $939.20 ↓ -17%
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $939.20 ↓ -17%
Humana PPO $997.90 ↓ -12%

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Brain MRI (without contrast) at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $748.80 $210.27 – $1,204.00
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $805.92 $211.11 – $1,068.00
64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo Yazoo City $1,027.46 $211.52 – $215.75
62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle Columbus $918.75 $212.26 – $1,130.00
64-0663760 BMH Booneville Booneville $1,051.20 $206.70 – $602.87

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