Smear fluorescent and/or acid fast stain 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

$90.45

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.

$201.00

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.

$5.39 with Magnolia MS vs $51.85 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 $5.39 ↓ -94%
Veterans Evaluation Services Veterans Administration TPA $5.39 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicaid $5.50 ↓ -94%
MS BCBS Commercial $7.50 ↓ -92%
Molina CHIP $9.43 ↓ -90%
Tricare Tricare $19.70 ↓ -78%
VACCN Veterans Administration $20.74 ↓ -77%
MS Breast and Cervical MS-BCCP $20.74 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare AARP $20.74 ↓ -77%
TriWest Veterans Administration $20.74 ↓ -77%
Devoted Health Medicare $21.15 ↓ -77%
MS BCBS Medicare $21.36 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare PHO $21.78 ↓ -76%
Magnolia MS Medicare $21.78 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare $21.78 ↓ -76%
Primewell Commercial $21.78 ↓ -76%
Cigna Medicare $21.78 ↓ -76%
Shared Health Medicare $21.78 ↓ -76%
Wellcare Medicare $21.78 ↓ -76%
American Health Plan Medicare $21.78 ↓ -76%
PPO Holdings Commercial $23.18 ↓ -74%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $24.40 ↓ -73%
Littler Commercial $30.50 ↓ -66%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $35.26 ↓ -61%
Burch Food Services Commercial $35.26 ↓ -61%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
Armstrong Relocation Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
Brimhall Foods Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
Building Plastic Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
Carlisle Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
Crittenden County Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
First Community Bank Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
French Camp Academy Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
Heartland Catfish Company Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
Heavy Machines Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
Jas D Collier Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
Ritchey Automotive Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
Security One Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
Silver Tree Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
State Systems Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
United TN Holdings Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
Vaughn Electric Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
W G Yates Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
W W Wood Products Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
Y K Auto Group Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
Delta Industries Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
MINACT Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
Malco Theaters Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
REI Nation Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
Radians All $37.33 ↓ -59%
Retzer Resources Commercial $37.33 ↓ -59%
Molina Exchange $38.37 ↓ -58%
Cannon Motor Company Commercial $40.63 ↓ -55%
Harding Academy Commercial $41.48 ↓ -54%
Employers Health Network Commercial $41.48 ↓ -54%
Multiplan Complementary Network $42.70 ↓ -53%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $42.70 ↓ -53%
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $48.80 ↓ -46%
PPO Plus Commercial $48.80 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Commercial $48.80 ↓ -46%
Aetna Commercial $48.80 ↓ -46%
Humana PPO $51.85 ↓ -43%

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