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

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

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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.

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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.

$0.02 with TriWest vs $0.05 with Advanced Health Systems Inc. — 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
TriWest Veterans Administration $0.02
Aetna Medicare $0.02
Primewell Commercial $0.02
VACCN Veterans Administration $0.02
MS BCBS Medicare $0.02
Molina CHIP $0.02
Molina Medicaid $0.02
Devoted Health Medicare $0.02
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $0.02
MS Breast and Cervical MS-BCCP $0.02
United Healthcare AARP $0.02
Wellcare Medicare $0.02
Tricare Tricare $0.02
Magnolia MS Medicare $0.02
Cigna Medicare $0.02
Shared Health Medicare $0.02
PPO Holdings Commercial $0.02
Humana Medicare PHO $0.02
American Health Plan Medicare $0.02
First State Bank Trust Commercial $0.03
Littler Commercial $0.03
Burch Food Services Commercial $0.03
Heavy Machines Commercial $0.04
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $0.04
Jas D Collier Commercial $0.04
Malco Theaters Commercial $0.04
Mechanical Systems Commercial $0.04
Mid-South Transport Commercial $0.04
Vaughn Electric Commercial $0.04
Molina Exchange $0.04
Multiplan Complementary Network $0.04
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $0.04
Employers Health Network Commercial $0.04
Armstrong Relocation Commercial $0.04
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $0.04
Brimhall Foods Commercial $0.04
Building Plastic Commercial $0.04
Cannon Motor Company Commercial $0.04
Carlisle Commercial $0.04
Crittenden County Commercial $0.04
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $0.04
DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors Commercial $0.04
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $0.04
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $0.04
First Community Bank Commercial $0.04
French Camp Academy Commercial $0.04
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $0.04
Harding Academy Commercial $0.04
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $0.04
Heartland Catfish Company Commercial $0.04
W G Yates Commercial $0.04
W W Wood Products Commercial $0.04
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $0.04
Y K Auto Group Commercial $0.04
Delta Industries Commercial $0.04
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $0.04
REI Nation Commercial $0.04
Radians All $0.04
Retzer Resources Commercial $0.04
Ritchey Automotive Commercial $0.04
Security One Commercial $0.04
Silver Tree Commercial $0.04
State Systems Commercial $0.04
United TN Holdings Commercial $0.04
MINACT Commercial $0.04
PPO Plus Commercial $0.05
Humana PPO $0.05
Aetna Commercial $0.05
United Healthcare Commercial $0.05
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $0.05

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