Smear special stain inclusion bodies/parasites 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

$27.20

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.

$68.00

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.

$5.99 with United Healthcare vs $51.00 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
United Healthcare VACCN $5.99 ↓ -78%
Magnolia MS Medicare $6.05 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicaid $6.05 ↓ -78%
MS BCBS Medicare $6.17 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $6.29 ↓ -77%
Molina CHIP $7.79 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Commercial $8.18 ↓ -70%
Magnolia MS Exchange $8.39 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Individual $8.98 ↓ -67%
Jas D Collier Commercial $10.78 ↓ -60%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $10.78 ↓ -60%
Crittenden County Commercial $10.78 ↓ -60%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $10.78 ↓ -60%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $10.78 ↓ -60%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $10.78 ↓ -60%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $10.78 ↓ -60%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $10.78 ↓ -60%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $10.78 ↓ -60%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $10.78 ↓ -60%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $10.78 ↓ -60%
REI Nation Commercial $10.78 ↓ -60%
Radians Commercial $10.78 ↓ -60%
Retzer Resources Commercial $10.78 ↓ -60%
State Systems Commercial $10.78 ↓ -60%
W W Wood Products Commercial $10.78 ↓ -60%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $10.78 ↓ -60%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $10.78 ↓ -60%
Molina Exchange $11.38 ↓ -58%
MPCN PPO/HMO $13.48 ↓ -50%
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $24.80 ↓ -9%
MS BCBS Commercial $24.80 ↓ -9%
Littler Commercial $34.00 ↑ +25%
PPO Plus Commercial $40.80 ↑ +50%
Aetna Commercial $44.20 ↑ +63%
Integrated Health Plan Commercial $51.00 ↑ +88%

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Smear special stain inclusion bodies/parasites at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
64-0362400 Anderson Regional Main Campus Meridian $14.96 $5.93 – $24.80
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $31.60 $5.69 – $24.80
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $15.41 $5.75 – $24.80
39-3714515 BMH Oktibbeha County STARKVILLE $30.72 $2.52 – $24.80
64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo Yazoo City $44.28 $5.99 – $24.80
62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle Columbus $57.75 $5.75 – $24.80
64-0881013 MBMC Jackson Jackson $41.37 $3.52 – $24.80
45-2896080 MBMC Leake Carthage $48.60 $5.99 – $24.80

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