Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) MRI (with and 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

$2,717.10

Cash price

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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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$6,038.00

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.

$312.52 with Magnolia MS vs $5,132.30 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 $312.52 ↓ -88%
Veterans Evaluation Services Veterans Administration TPA $312.52 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicaid $318.77 ↓ -88%
Molina CHIP $546.91 ↓ -80%
Tricare Tricare $1,950.27 ↓ -28%
TriWest Veterans Administration $2,052.92 ↓ -24%
United Healthcare AARP $2,052.92 ↓ -24%
MS Breast and Cervical MS-BCCP $2,052.92 ↓ -24%
VACCN Veterans Administration $2,052.92 ↓ -24%
Devoted Health Medicare $2,093.98 ↓ -23%
MS BCBS Medicare $2,114.51 ↓ -22%
American Health Plan Medicare $2,155.57 ↓ -21%
Aetna Medicare $2,155.57 ↓ -21%
Humana Medicare PHO $2,155.57 ↓ -21%
Primewell Commercial $2,155.57 ↓ -21%
Cigna Medicare $2,155.57 ↓ -21%
Shared Health Medicare $2,155.57 ↓ -21%
Wellcare Medicare $2,155.57 ↓ -21%
Magnolia MS Medicare $2,155.57 ↓ -21%
PPO Holdings Commercial $2,294.44 ↓ -16%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $2,415.20 ↓ -11%
Littler Commercial $3,019.00 ↑ +11%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $3,489.96 ↑ +28%
Burch Food Services Commercial $3,489.96 ↑ +28%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
Armstrong Relocation Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
Brimhall Foods Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
Building Plastic Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
Carlisle Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
Crittenden County Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
First Community Bank Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
French Camp Academy Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
Retzer Resources Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
Ritchey Automotive Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
Security One Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
Silver Tree Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
State Systems Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
United TN Holdings Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
Vaughn Electric Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
W G Yates Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
W W Wood Products Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
Y K Auto Group Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
Delta Industries Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
MINACT Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
Heartland Catfish Company Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
Heavy Machines Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
Jas D Collier Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
Malco Theaters Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
REI Nation Commercial $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
Radians All $3,695.26 ↑ +36%
Molina Exchange $3,797.90 ↑ +40%
Cannon Motor Company Commercial $4,021.31 ↑ +48%
Employers Health Network Commercial $4,105.84 ↑ +51%
Harding Academy Commercial $4,105.84 ↑ +51%
Multiplan Complementary Network $4,226.60 ↑ +56%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $4,226.60 ↑ +56%
PPO Plus Commercial $4,830.40 ↑ +78%
MS BCBS Commercial $4,830.40 ↑ +78%
Aetna Commercial $4,830.40 ↑ +78%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,830.40 ↑ +78%
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $4,830.40 ↑ +78%
Humana PPO $5,132.30 ↑ +89%

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Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) MRI (with and without contrast) at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $1,207.60 $310.67 – $1,204.00
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $1,388.74 $311.90 – $1,068.00
64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo Yazoo City $2,475.58 $312.52 – $318.77
62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle Columbus $1,637.25 $313.59 – $1,130.00
64-0663760 BMH Booneville Booneville $1,308.00 $305.39 – $890.71

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