Inj, meropenem (b. braun) 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

$91.31

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.

$415.05

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.

$2.10 with Aetna vs $227.58 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
Aetna Medicare $2.10 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Commercial $2.27 ↓ -98%
MS BCBS Commercial $3.20 ↓ -96%
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $3.20 ↓ -96%
Molina Exchange $56.90 ↓ -38%
Magnolia MS Medicaid $98.20 ↑ +8%
PPO Plus Commercial $142.24 ↑ +56%
First Choice Health Plan of MS HPN $142.24 ↑ +56%
Littler Commercial $142.24 ↑ +56%
Magnolia MS Exchange $156.46 ↑ +71%
MPCN PPO/HMO $170.69 ↑ +87%
Aetna Commercial $184.91 ↑ +103%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $199.14 ↑ +118%
Christian Health Aid Commercial $213.36 ↑ +134%
Integrated Health Plan Commercial $213.36 ↑ +134%
USA MCO Workers Compensation $227.58 ↑ +149%
USA MCO HMO/Self Insured Employers/USA H&W Network $227.58 ↑ +149%

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Inj, meropenem (b. braun) at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
64-0362400 Anderson Regional South Campus Meridian $166.02 $2.10 – $3.20
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $41.50 $2.10 – $3.20
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $47.73 $2.10 – $3.20
64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo Yazoo City $85.09 $3.20 – $3.20
62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle Columbus $51.88 $2.10 – $3.20
64-0881013 MBMC Jackson Jackson $43.58 $2.02 – $3.20
81-3257997 BMH Calhoun Calhoun City $107.91 $3.20 – $3.20
45-2896080 MBMC Leake Carthage $93.39 $3.20 – $3.20

All Mississippi hospitals for this procedure →