Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at 64-0362400 Anderson Regional South Campus
1102 Constitution Avenue, Meridian, MS · Baptistonline · · NPI 1558619171
$714.80
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.
$1,787.00
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.
$357.40 with Molina vs $1,879.02 with MPCN — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molina | Exchange | $357.40 | ↓ -50% |
| United Healthcare | VACCN | $835.12 | ↑ +17% |
| Molina | Medicaid | $843.47 | ↑ +18% |
| Magnolia MS | Medicare | $843.47 | ↑ +18% |
| MS BCBS | Medicare | $860.17 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $876.88 | ↑ +23% |
| Littler | Commercial | $893.50 | ↑ +25% |
| PPO Plus | Commercial | $1,072.20 | ↑ +50% |
| Molina | CHIP | $1,085.66 | ↑ +52% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $1,161.55 | ↑ +63% |
| Magnolia MS | Exchange | $1,169.17 | ↑ +64% |
| United Healthcare | Individual | $1,252.68 | ↑ +75% |
| Integrated Health Plan | Commercial | $1,340.25 | ↑ +88% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1,369.00 | ↑ +92% |
| Gossett Motor Cars | Commercial | $1,503.22 | ↑ +110% |
| Hattiesburg Clinic | Commercial | $1,503.22 | ↑ +110% |
| Hospitality Management Advisors | Commercial | $1,503.22 | ↑ +110% |
| Jas D Collier | Commercial | $1,503.22 | ↑ +110% |
| Dunn Investment Company | Commercial | $1,503.22 | ↑ +110% |
| Mechanical Systems | Commercial | $1,503.22 | ↑ +110% |
| Mid-South Transport | Commercial | $1,503.22 | ↑ +110% |
| Patterson Warehouses | Commercial | $1,503.22 | ↑ +110% |
| REI Nation | Commercial | $1,503.22 | ↑ +110% |
| First State Bank Trust | Commercial | $1,503.22 | ↑ +110% |
| Retzer Resources | Commercial | $1,503.22 | ↑ +110% |
| State Systems | Commercial | $1,503.22 | ↑ +110% |
| W W Wood Products | Commercial | $1,503.22 | ↑ +110% |
| Watkins Uiberall | Commercial | $1,503.22 | ↑ +110% |
| Radians | Commercial | $1,503.22 | ↑ +110% |
| Davidson Hospitality | Commercial | $1,503.22 | ↑ +110% |
| Crittenden County | Commercial | $1,503.22 | ↑ +110% |
| Ashley Furniture Stores | Commercial | $1,503.22 | ↑ +110% |
| Advanced Health Systems Inc. | Commercial | $1,745.39 | ↑ +144% |
| MS BCBS | Commercial | $1,808.48 | ↑ +153% |
| MPCN | PPO/HMO | $1,879.02 | ↑ +163% |
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Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at other Mississippi hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64-0362400 Anderson Regional Main Campus | Meridian | $393.14 | $848.99 – $1,929.53 |
| 64-0682111 BMH DeSoto | Southaven | $653.20 | $815.59 – $2,403.86 |
| 64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi | Oxford | $788.44 | $818.83 – $2,388.26 |
| 39-3714515 BMH Oktibbeha County | STARKVILLE | $630.40 | $668.00 – $1,866.42 |
| 64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo | Yazoo City | $346.04 | $820.44 – $836.85 |
| 62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle | Columbus | $857.00 | $823.27 – $2,401.20 |
| 64-0881013 MBMC Jackson | Jackson | $500.22 | $851.15 – $2,383.22 |
| 45-2896080 MBMC Leake | Carthage | $379.80 | $820.44 – $836.85 |