Diffusing capacity 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

$46.64

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.

$212.00

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.

$42.40 with Molina vs $281.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $42.40 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare $58.63 ↑ +26%
Magnolia MS Medicaid $73.18 ↑ +57%
First Choice Health Plan of MS HPN $106.00 ↑ +127%
Littler Commercial $106.00 ↑ +127%
Magnolia MS Exchange $116.60 ↑ +150%
PPO Plus Commercial $127.20 ↑ +173%
MPCN PPO/HMO $127.20 ↑ +173%
Aetna Commercial $137.80 ↑ +195%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $148.40 ↑ +218%
Christian Health Aid Commercial $159.00 ↑ +241%
Integrated Health Plan Commercial $159.00 ↑ +241%
USA MCO HMO/Self Insured Employers/USA H&W Network $169.60 ↑ +264%
USA MCO Workers Compensation $169.60 ↑ +264%
United Healthcare Commercial $281.00 ↑ +502%

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Diffusing capacity at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
64-0362400 Anderson Regional South Campus Meridian $84.80 $58.63 – $58.63
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $134.20 $42.75 – $582.00
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $70.84 $58.63 – $517.00
62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle Columbus $79.50 $58.63 – $547.00
64-0881013 MBMC Jackson Jackson $58.59 $61.56 – $146.69
64-0663760 BMH Booneville Booneville $101.52 $58.63 – $58.63

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