Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray 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

$77.88

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$354.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$70.80 with Molina vs $341.00 with United Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Molina Exchange $70.80 ↓ -9%
Integrated Health Plan Commercial $96.30 ↑ +24%
United Healthcare VACCN $97.27 ↑ +25%
Magnolia MS Medicaid $97.27 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare Medicare $97.27 ↑ +25%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Humana MA PPO $97.27 ↑ +25%
TriWest Veterans Administration $97.27 ↑ +25%
MS Breast and Cervical MS-BCCP $97.27 ↑ +25%
Magnolia MS Medicare $98.24 ↑ +26%
Molina Medicaid $98.24 ↑ +26%
Primewell Vantage Health Plan $100.19 ↑ +29%
MS BCBS Medicare $100.19 ↑ +29%
First Choice Health Plan of MS American Health Advantage $102.13 ↑ +31%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Shared Health $102.13 ↑ +31%
Aetna Medicare $102.13 ↑ +31%
Wellcare Medicare $102.13 ↑ +31%
Shared Health Medicare $102.13 ↑ +31%
Molina CHIP $126.45 ↑ +62%
Magnolia MS Exchange $136.18 ↑ +75%
United Healthcare Individual $145.91 ↑ +87%
First Choice Health Plan of MS HPN $171.20 ↑ +120%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $175.09 ↑ +125%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $175.09 ↑ +125%
Crittenden County Commercial $175.09 ↑ +125%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $175.09 ↑ +125%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $175.09 ↑ +125%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $175.09 ↑ +125%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $175.09 ↑ +125%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $175.09 ↑ +125%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $175.09 ↑ +125%
Jas D Collier Commercial $175.09 ↑ +125%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $175.09 ↑ +125%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $175.09 ↑ +125%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $175.09 ↑ +125%
REI Nation Commercial $175.09 ↑ +125%
Radians Commercial $175.09 ↑ +125%
Retzer Resources Commercial $175.09 ↑ +125%
State Systems Commercial $175.09 ↑ +125%
W W Wood Products Commercial $175.09 ↑ +125%
Littler Commercial $177.00 ↑ +127%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $189.68 ↑ +144%
Lucent Health Commercial $202.40 ↑ +160%
PPO Plus Commercial $212.40 ↑ +173%
MPCN PPO/HMO $218.86 ↑ +181%
Aetna Commercial $230.10 ↑ +195%
Primewell Commercial $243.18 ↑ +212%
MS BCBS Commercial $265.50 ↑ +241%
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $265.50 ↑ +241%
Christian Health Aid Commercial $265.50 ↑ +241%
USA MCO HMO/Self Insured Employers/USA H&W Network $283.20 ↑ +264%
USA MCO Workers Compensation $283.20 ↑ +264%
United Healthcare Commercial $341.00 ↑ +338%
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
64-0362400 Anderson Regional South Campus Meridian $141.60 $95.67 – $213.12
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $113.20 $34.63 – $331.00
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $80.50 $39.00 – $294.00
39-3714515 BMH Oktibbeha County STARKVILLE $201.60 $37.94 – $315.00
64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo Yazoo City $139.81 $93.06 – $94.92
62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle Columbus $70.75 $93.38 – $310.00
64-0881013 MBMC Jackson Jackson $173.88 $96.54 – $270.31
81-3257997 BMH Calhoun Calhoun City $123.76 $106.34 – $108.47

All Mississippi hospitals for this procedure →