Culture anaerobic except blood 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

$94.80

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.

$237.00

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.

$7.00 with Molina vs $26.25 with Integrated Health Plan — 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 $7.00 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare VACCN $9.47 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid $9.56 ↓ -90%
Magnolia MS Medicare $9.56 ↓ -90%
MS BCBS Medicare $9.75 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare $9.94 ↓ -90%
Molina CHIP $12.31 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Commercial $12.91 ↓ -86%
Magnolia MS Exchange $13.26 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Individual $14.21 ↓ -85%
Jas D Collier Commercial $17.05 ↓ -82%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $17.05 ↓ -82%
Crittenden County Commercial $17.05 ↓ -82%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $17.05 ↓ -82%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $17.05 ↓ -82%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $17.05 ↓ -82%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $17.05 ↓ -82%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $17.05 ↓ -82%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $17.05 ↓ -82%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $17.05 ↓ -82%
REI Nation Commercial $17.05 ↓ -82%
Radians Commercial $17.05 ↓ -82%
Retzer Resources Commercial $17.05 ↓ -82%
State Systems Commercial $17.05 ↓ -82%
W W Wood Products Commercial $17.05 ↓ -82%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $17.05 ↓ -82%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $17.05 ↓ -82%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $17.05 ↓ -82%
Littler Commercial $17.50 ↓ -82%
MS BCBS Commercial $17.72 ↓ -81%
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $17.72 ↓ -81%
PPO Plus Commercial $21.00 ↓ -78%
MPCN PPO/HMO $21.31 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial $22.75 ↓ -76%
Integrated Health Plan Commercial $26.25 ↓ -72%

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Culture anaerobic except blood at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
64-0362400 Anderson Regional Main Campus Meridian $52.14 $9.38 – $21.31
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $119.20 $9.00 – $26.52
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $63.25 $9.09 – $26.52
39-3714515 BMH Oktibbeha County STARKVILLE $99.20 $3.98 – $19.89
64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo Yazoo City $163.59 $9.47 – $17.72
62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle Columbus $88.50 $9.09 – $26.52
64-0881013 MBMC Jackson Jackson $83.79 $5.55 – $26.52
81-3257997 BMH Calhoun Calhoun City $147.16 $9.47 – $17.72

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