Chest CT scan (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

$829.35

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.

$1,843.00

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.

$93.06 with Magnolia MS vs $1,259.70 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 $93.06 ↓ -89%
Veterans Evaluation Services Veterans Administration TPA $93.06 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicaid $94.92 ↓ -89%
Molina CHIP $162.85 ↓ -80%
Tricare Tricare $478.69 ↓ -42%
TriWest Veterans Administration $503.88 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare AARP $503.88 ↓ -39%
MS Breast and Cervical MS-BCCP $503.88 ↓ -39%
VACCN Veterans Administration $503.88 ↓ -39%
Devoted Health Medicare $513.96 ↓ -38%
MS BCBS Medicare $519.00 ↓ -37%
American Health Plan Medicare $529.07 ↓ -36%
Aetna Medicare $529.07 ↓ -36%
Humana Medicare PHO $529.07 ↓ -36%
Primewell Commercial $529.07 ↓ -36%
Cigna Medicare $529.07 ↓ -36%
Shared Health Medicare $529.07 ↓ -36%
Wellcare Medicare $529.07 ↓ -36%
Magnolia MS Medicare $529.07 ↓ -36%
PPO Holdings Commercial $563.16 ↓ -32%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $592.80 ↓ -29%
Littler Commercial $741.00 ↓ -11%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $856.60 ↑ +3%
Burch Food Services Commercial $856.60 ↑ +3%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
Armstrong Relocation Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
Brimhall Foods Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
Building Plastic Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
Carlisle Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
Crittenden County Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
First Community Bank Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
French Camp Academy Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
Retzer Resources Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
Ritchey Automotive Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
Security One Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
Silver Tree Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
State Systems Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
United TN Holdings Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
Vaughn Electric Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
W G Yates Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
W W Wood Products Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
Y K Auto Group Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
Delta Industries Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
MINACT Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
Heartland Catfish Company Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
Heavy Machines Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
Jas D Collier Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
Malco Theaters Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
REI Nation Commercial $906.98 ↑ +9%
Radians All $906.98 ↑ +9%
Molina Exchange $932.18 ↑ +12%
Cannon Motor Company Commercial $987.01 ↑ +19%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,007.76 ↑ +22%
Harding Academy Commercial $1,007.76 ↑ +22%
Multiplan Complementary Network $1,037.40 ↑ +25%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $1,037.40 ↑ +25%
PPO Plus Commercial $1,185.60 ↑ +43%
MS BCBS Commercial $1,185.60 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial $1,185.60 ↑ +43%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,185.60 ↑ +43%
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $1,185.60 ↑ +43%
Humana PPO $1,259.70 ↑ +52%

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Chest CT scan (without contrast) at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $613.20 $92.51 – $985.00
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $773.49 $92.87 – $875.00
64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo Yazoo City $755.63 $93.06 – $94.92
62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle Columbus $840.75 $93.38 – $924.00
64-0663760 BMH Booneville Booneville $909.36 $90.93 – $265.22

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