Culture body fluid at 64-0362400 Anderson Regional Main Campus

2124 14th Street, Meridian, MS · Baptistonline · · NPI 1649226952

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 25, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$7.48

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.

$34.00

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.

$6.80 with Molina vs $27.20 with USA MCO — 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
Molina Exchange $6.80 ↓ -9%
Integrated Health Plan Commercial $8.53 ↑ +14%
United Healthcare VACCN $8.62 ↑ +15%
Magnolia MS Medicaid $8.62 ↑ +15%
TriWest Veterans Administration $8.62 ↑ +15%
United Healthcare Medicare $8.62 ↑ +15%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Humana MA PPO $8.62 ↑ +15%
MS Breast and Cervical MS-BCCP $8.62 ↑ +15%
Magnolia MS Medicare $8.71 ↑ +16%
Molina Medicaid $8.71 ↑ +16%
Primewell Vantage Health Plan $8.88 ↑ +19%
MS BCBS Medicare $8.88 ↑ +19%
Aetna Medicare $9.05 ↑ +21%
Shared Health Medicare $9.05 ↑ +21%
Wellcare Medicare $9.05 ↑ +21%
First Choice Health Plan of MS American Health Advantage $9.05 ↑ +21%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Shared Health $9.05 ↑ +21%
Molina CHIP $11.21 ↑ +50%
United Healthcare Commercial $11.75 ↑ +57%
Magnolia MS Exchange $12.07 ↑ +61%
United Healthcare Individual $12.93 ↑ +73%
MS BCBS Commercial $14.27 ↑ +91%
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $14.27 ↑ +91%
First Choice Health Plan of MS HPN $15.17 ↑ +103%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $15.52 ↑ +107%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $15.52 ↑ +107%
Crittenden County Commercial $15.52 ↑ +107%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $15.52 ↑ +107%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $15.52 ↑ +107%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $15.52 ↑ +107%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $15.52 ↑ +107%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $15.52 ↑ +107%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $15.52 ↑ +107%
Jas D Collier Commercial $15.52 ↑ +107%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $15.52 ↑ +107%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $15.52 ↑ +107%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $15.52 ↑ +107%
REI Nation Commercial $15.52 ↑ +107%
Radians Commercial $15.52 ↑ +107%
Retzer Resources Commercial $15.52 ↑ +107%
State Systems Commercial $15.52 ↑ +107%
W W Wood Products Commercial $15.52 ↑ +107%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $16.81 ↑ +125%
Littler Commercial $17.00 ↑ +127%
Lucent Health Commercial $17.94 ↑ +140%
MPCN PPO/HMO $19.39 ↑ +159%
PPO Plus Commercial $20.40 ↑ +173%
Primewell Commercial $21.55 ↑ +188%
Aetna Commercial $22.10 ↑ +195%
Christian Health Aid Commercial $25.50 ↑ +241%
USA MCO Workers Compensation $27.20 ↑ +264%
USA MCO HMO/Self Insured Employers/USA H&W Network $27.20 ↑ +264%

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64-0362400 Anderson Regional South Campus Meridian $13.60 $8.71 – $19.39
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64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $6.90 $8.28 – $24.14
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64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo Yazoo City $48.79 $8.62 – $14.27
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81-3257997 BMH Calhoun Calhoun City $53.04 $8.62 – $14.27

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