Strapping of chest 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

$103.05

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.

$229.00

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.

$73.97 with Tricare vs $279.66 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
Tricare Tricare $73.97 ↓ -28%
MS Breast and Cervical MS-BCCP $77.86 ↓ -24%
VACCN Veterans Administration $77.86 ↓ -24%
United Healthcare AARP $77.86 ↓ -24%
TriWest Veterans Administration $77.86 ↓ -24%
Devoted Health Medicare $79.42 ↓ -23%
MS BCBS Medicare $80.20 ↓ -22%
Primewell Commercial $81.75 ↓ -21%
Cigna Medicare $81.75 ↓ -21%
Shared Health Medicare $81.75 ↓ -21%
American Health Plan Medicare $81.75 ↓ -21%
Humana Medicare PHO $81.75 ↓ -21%
Magnolia MS Medicare $81.75 ↓ -21%
Aetna Medicare $81.75 ↓ -21%
Wellcare Medicare $81.75 ↓ -21%
PPO Holdings Commercial $87.02 ↓ -16%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $91.60 ↓ -11%
Littler Commercial $114.50 ↑ +11%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $132.36 ↑ +28%
Burch Food Services Commercial $132.36 ↑ +28%
Veterans Evaluation Services Veterans Administration TPA $138.08 ↑ +34%
Magnolia MS Medicaid $138.08 ↑ +34%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
Armstrong Relocation Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
Brimhall Foods Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
Building Plastic Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
REI Nation Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
Radians All $140.15 ↑ +36%
Retzer Resources Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
Ritchey Automotive Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
Security One Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
Silver Tree Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
State Systems Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
United TN Holdings Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
Vaughn Electric Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
W G Yates Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
W W Wood Products Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
Y K Auto Group Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
Delta Industries Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
MINACT Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
Carlisle Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
Crittenden County Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
First Community Bank Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
French Camp Academy Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
Heartland Catfish Company Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
Heavy Machines Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
Jas D Collier Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
Malco Theaters Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $140.15 ↑ +36%
Molina Medicaid $140.84 ↑ +37%
Molina Exchange $144.04 ↑ +40%
Cannon Motor Company Commercial $152.51 ↑ +48%
Harding Academy Commercial $155.72 ↑ +51%
Employers Health Network Commercial $155.72 ↑ +51%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $160.30 ↑ +56%
Multiplan Complementary Network $160.30 ↑ +56%
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $183.20 ↑ +78%
PPO Plus Commercial $183.20 ↑ +78%
Aetna Commercial $183.20 ↑ +78%
Humana PPO $194.65 ↑ +89%
United Healthcare Commercial $200.00 ↑ +94%
Molina CHIP $241.64 ↑ +134%
MS BCBS Commercial $279.66 ↑ +171%

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Strapping of chest at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $54.80 $137.27 – $404.57
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $53.82 $137.81 – $401.94
64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo Yazoo City $93.89 $138.08 – $140.84
62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle Columbus $56.25 $138.56 – $404.12
64-0663760 BMH Booneville Booneville $52.08 $134.93 – $393.54

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