Smear gram stain at 64-0362400 Anderson Regional Main Campus
2124 14th Street, Meridian, MS · Baptistonline · · NPI 1649226952
$15.62
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$71.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$4.23 with Integrated Health Plan vs $56.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Integrated Health Plan | Commercial | $4.23 | ↓ -73% |
| Magnolia MS | Medicaid | $4.27 | ↓ -73% |
| TriWest | Veterans Administration | $4.27 | ↓ -73% |
| MS Breast and Cervical | MS-BCCP | $4.27 | ↓ -73% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $4.27 | ↓ -73% |
| United Healthcare | VACCN | $4.27 | ↓ -73% |
| First Choice Health Plan of MS | Humana MA PPO | $4.27 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | Medicaid | $4.31 | ↓ -72% |
| Magnolia MS | Medicare | $4.31 | ↓ -72% |
| Primewell | Vantage Health Plan | $4.40 | ↓ -72% |
| MS BCBS | Medicare | $4.40 | ↓ -72% |
| First Choice Health Plan of MS | Shared Health | $4.48 | ↓ -71% |
| Wellcare | Medicare | $4.48 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $4.48 | ↓ -71% |
| Shared Health | Medicare | $4.48 | ↓ -71% |
| First Choice Health Plan of MS | American Health Advantage | $4.48 | ↓ -71% |
| Molina | CHIP | $5.55 | ↓ -64% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $5.82 | ↓ -63% |
| Magnolia MS | Exchange | $5.98 | ↓ -62% |
| United Healthcare | Individual | $6.41 | ↓ -59% |
| Advanced Health Systems Inc. | Commercial | $7.12 | ↓ -54% |
| MS BCBS | Commercial | $7.12 | ↓ -54% |
| First Choice Health Plan of MS | HPN | $7.52 | ↓ -52% |
| Watkins Uiberall | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -51% |
| Ashley Furniture Stores | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -51% |
| Crittenden County | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -51% |
| Davidson Hospitality | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -51% |
| Dunn Investment Company | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -51% |
| First State Bank Trust | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -51% |
| Gossett Motor Cars | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -51% |
| Hattiesburg Clinic | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -51% |
| Hospitality Management Advisors | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -51% |
| Jas D Collier | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -51% |
| Mechanical Systems | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -51% |
| Mid-South Transport | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -51% |
| Patterson Warehouses | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -51% |
| REI Nation | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -51% |
| Radians | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -51% |
| Retzer Resources | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -51% |
| State Systems | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -51% |
| W W Wood Products | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -51% |
| Molina | Exchange | $8.11 | ↓ -48% |
| First Choice Health Plan of MS | Commercial | $8.33 | ↓ -47% |
| Lucent Health | Commercial | $8.89 | ↓ -43% |
| MPCN | PPO/HMO | $9.61 | ↓ -38% |
| Primewell | Commercial | $10.68 | ↓ -32% |
| Littler | Commercial | $35.00 | ↑ +124% |
| PPO Plus | Commercial | $42.00 | ↑ +169% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $45.50 | ↑ +191% |
| Christian Health Aid | Commercial | $52.50 | ↑ +236% |
| USA MCO | Workers Compensation | $56.00 | ↑ +259% |
| USA MCO | HMO/Self Insured Employers/USA H&W Network | $56.00 | ↑ +259% |
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Smear gram stain at other Mississippi hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64-0362400 Anderson Regional South Campus | Meridian | $28.40 | $4.31 – $9.61 |
| 64-0682111 BMH DeSoto | Southaven | $31.80 | $4.06 – $11.96 |
| 64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi | Oxford | $36.57 | $4.10 – $11.96 |
| 39-3714515 BMH Oktibbeha County | STARKVILLE | $22.40 | $1.79 – $8.97 |
| 64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo | Yazoo City | $78.31 | $4.27 – $7.12 |
| 62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle | Columbus | $39.75 | $4.10 – $11.96 |
| 64-0881013 MBMC Jackson | Jackson | $40.11 | $2.50 – $11.96 |
| 81-3257997 BMH Calhoun | Calhoun City | $88.40 | $4.27 – $7.12 |