Consultation pathology during surgery cytological exam initial site at 64-0362400 Anderson Regional South Campus

1102 Constitution Avenue, Meridian, MS · Baptistonline · · NPI 1558619171

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 17, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$23.60

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.

$59.00

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.

$11.80 with Molina vs $1,637.21 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.

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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
Molina Exchange $11.80 ↓ -50%
Littler Commercial $29.50 ↑ +25%
PPO Plus Commercial $35.40 ↑ +50%
United Healthcare Commercial $36.53 ↑ +55%
Aetna Commercial $38.35 ↑ +63%
Integrated Health Plan Commercial $44.25 ↑ +88%
MS BCBS Commercial $112.76 ↑ +378%
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $112.76 ↑ +378%
United Healthcare VACCN $727.65 ↑ +2983%
Magnolia MS Medicare $734.93 ↑ +3014%
Molina Medicaid $734.93 ↑ +3014%
MS BCBS Medicare $749.48 ↑ +3076%
Aetna Medicare $764.03 ↑ +3137%
Molina CHIP $945.95 ↑ +3908%
Magnolia MS Exchange $1,018.71 ↑ +4217%
United Healthcare Individual $1,091.47 ↑ +4525%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $1,309.77 ↑ +5450%
Jas D Collier Commercial $1,309.77 ↑ +5450%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $1,309.77 ↑ +5450%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $1,309.77 ↑ +5450%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $1,309.77 ↑ +5450%
REI Nation Commercial $1,309.77 ↑ +5450%
Radians Commercial $1,309.77 ↑ +5450%
Retzer Resources Commercial $1,309.77 ↑ +5450%
State Systems Commercial $1,309.77 ↑ +5450%
W W Wood Products Commercial $1,309.77 ↑ +5450%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $1,309.77 ↑ +5450%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $1,309.77 ↑ +5450%
Crittenden County Commercial $1,309.77 ↑ +5450%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $1,309.77 ↑ +5450%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $1,309.77 ↑ +5450%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $1,309.77 ↑ +5450%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $1,309.77 ↑ +5450%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $1,309.77 ↑ +5450%
MPCN PPO/HMO $1,637.21 ↑ +6837%

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Consultation pathology during surgery cytological exam initial site at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $231.20 $23.43 – $2,094.51
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $265.88 $23.43 – $2,080.90
39-3714515 BMH Oktibbeha County STARKVILLE $41.60 $65.00 – $1,657.95
64-0663760 BMH Booneville Booneville $252.48 $112.76 – $2,037.42

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