Pr tube thoracostomy w/connection to drainage open 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

$287.98

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$1,309.00

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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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$261.80 with Molina vs $3,552.25 with Primewell — 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

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 $261.80 ↓ -9%
Magnolia MS Medicaid $451.87 ↑ +57%
Littler Commercial $654.50 ↑ +127%
United Healthcare Commercial $784.00 ↑ +172%
PPO Plus Commercial $785.40 ↑ +173%
Aetna Commercial $850.85 ↑ +195%
Integrated Health Plan Commercial $981.75 ↑ +241%
Christian Health Aid Commercial $981.75 ↑ +241%
USA MCO HMO/Self Insured Employers/USA H&W Network $1,047.20 ↑ +264%
USA MCO Workers Compensation $1,047.20 ↑ +264%
United Healthcare VACCN $1,420.90 ↑ +393%
TriWest Veterans Administration $1,420.90 ↑ +393%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,420.90 ↑ +393%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Humana MA PPO $1,420.90 ↑ +393%
MS Breast and Cervical MS-BCCP $1,420.90 ↑ +393%
Molina Medicaid $1,435.11 ↑ +398%
Magnolia MS Medicare $1,435.11 ↑ +398%
Primewell Vantage Health Plan $1,463.53 ↑ +408%
MS BCBS Medicare $1,463.53 ↑ +408%
Shared Health Medicare $1,491.94 ↑ +418%
First Choice Health Plan of MS American Health Advantage $1,491.94 ↑ +418%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Shared Health $1,491.94 ↑ +418%
Aetna Medicare $1,491.94 ↑ +418%
Wellcare Medicare $1,491.94 ↑ +418%
Molina CHIP $1,847.17 ↑ +541%
Magnolia MS Exchange $1,989.26 ↑ +591%
United Healthcare Individual $2,131.35 ↑ +640%
First Choice Health Plan of MS HPN $2,500.78 ↑ +768%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $2,557.62 ↑ +788%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $2,557.62 ↑ +788%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $2,557.62 ↑ +788%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $2,557.62 ↑ +788%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $2,557.62 ↑ +788%
REI Nation Commercial $2,557.62 ↑ +788%
Radians Commercial $2,557.62 ↑ +788%
Retzer Resources Commercial $2,557.62 ↑ +788%
State Systems Commercial $2,557.62 ↑ +788%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $2,557.62 ↑ +788%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $2,557.62 ↑ +788%
W W Wood Products Commercial $2,557.62 ↑ +788%
Jas D Collier Commercial $2,557.62 ↑ +788%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $2,557.62 ↑ +788%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $2,557.62 ↑ +788%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $2,557.62 ↑ +788%
Crittenden County Commercial $2,557.62 ↑ +788%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $2,557.62 ↑ +788%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $2,770.76 ↑ +862%
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $2,891.72 ↑ +904%
Lucent Health Commercial $2,956.61 ↑ +927%
MS BCBS Commercial $2,961.40 ↑ +928%
MPCN PPO/HMO $3,197.03 ↑ +1010%
Primewell Commercial $3,552.25 ↑ +1134%
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Pr tube thoracostomy w/connection to drainage open at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
64-0362400 Anderson Regional South Campus Meridian $523.60 $1,397.55 – $3,113.35
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $250.40 $1,149.00 – $3,982.97
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $287.96 $780.00 – $3,957.13
39-3714515 BMH Oktibbeha County STARKVILLE $1,831.68 $429.55 – $3,239.34
64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo Yazoo City $769.98 $1,359.38 – $1,386.57
62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle Columbus $313.00 $780.00 – $3,978.52
64-0881013 MBMC Jackson Jackson $489.72 $1,190.00 – $3,948.76
81-3257997 BMH Calhoun Calhoun City $575.12 $1,553.44 – $1,584.51

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