Culture body fluid 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

$13.60

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.

$34.00

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.

$6.80 with Molina vs $25.50 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 $6.80 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare VACCN $8.62 ↓ -37%
Magnolia MS Medicare $8.71 ↓ -36%
Molina Medicaid $8.71 ↓ -36%
MS BCBS Medicare $8.88 ↓ -35%
Aetna Medicare $9.05 ↓ -33%
Molina CHIP $11.21 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Commercial $11.75 ↓ -14%
Magnolia MS Exchange $12.07 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare Individual $12.93 ↓ -5%
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $14.27 ↑ +5%
MS BCBS Commercial $14.27 ↑ +5%
REI Nation Commercial $15.52 ↑ +14%
Radians Commercial $15.52 ↑ +14%
Retzer Resources Commercial $15.52 ↑ +14%
State Systems Commercial $15.52 ↑ +14%
W W Wood Products Commercial $15.52 ↑ +14%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $15.52 ↑ +14%
Jas D Collier Commercial $15.52 ↑ +14%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $15.52 ↑ +14%
Crittenden County Commercial $15.52 ↑ +14%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $15.52 ↑ +14%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $15.52 ↑ +14%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $15.52 ↑ +14%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $15.52 ↑ +14%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $15.52 ↑ +14%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $15.52 ↑ +14%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $15.52 ↑ +14%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $15.52 ↑ +14%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $15.52 ↑ +14%
Littler Commercial $17.00 ↑ +25%
MPCN PPO/HMO $19.39 ↑ +43%
PPO Plus Commercial $20.40 ↑ +50%
Aetna Commercial $22.10 ↑ +63%
Integrated Health Plan Commercial $25.50 ↑ +88%

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Culture body fluid at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
64-0362400 Anderson Regional Main Campus Meridian $7.48 $8.53 – $19.39
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $119.20 $8.19 – $24.14
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $6.90 $8.28 – $24.14
39-3714515 BMH Oktibbeha County STARKVILLE $48.00 $3.62 – $18.10
64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo Yazoo City $48.79 $8.62 – $14.27
62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle Columbus $149.00 $8.28 – $24.14
64-0881013 MBMC Jackson Jackson $70.35 $5.05 – $24.14
81-3257997 BMH Calhoun Calhoun City $53.04 $8.62 – $14.27

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