Thoracentesis pleural space needle/catheter aspiration with imaging guidance (both sides) at 64-0362400 Anderson Regional South Campus
1102 Constitution Avenue, Meridian, MS · Baptistonline · · NPI 1558619171
$1,196.80
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.
$2,992.00
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.
$550.71 with United Healthcare vs $2,244.00 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Healthcare | VACCN | $550.71 | ↓ -54% |
| Molina | Medicaid | $556.22 | ↓ -54% |
| Magnolia MS | Medicare | $556.22 | ↓ -54% |
| MS BCBS | Medicare | $567.23 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $578.25 | ↓ -52% |
| Molina | Exchange | $598.40 | ↓ -50% |
| Molina | CHIP | $715.92 | ↓ -40% |
| Magnolia MS | Exchange | $770.99 | ↓ -36% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $784.00 | ↓ -34% |
| United Healthcare | Individual | $826.07 | ↓ -31% |
| Jas D Collier | Commercial | $991.28 | ↓ -17% |
| Ashley Furniture Stores | Commercial | $991.28 | ↓ -17% |
| Crittenden County | Commercial | $991.28 | ↓ -17% |
| Davidson Hospitality | Commercial | $991.28 | ↓ -17% |
| Dunn Investment Company | Commercial | $991.28 | ↓ -17% |
| First State Bank Trust | Commercial | $991.28 | ↓ -17% |
| Gossett Motor Cars | Commercial | $991.28 | ↓ -17% |
| Hattiesburg Clinic | Commercial | $991.28 | ↓ -17% |
| Hospitality Management Advisors | Commercial | $991.28 | ↓ -17% |
| Patterson Warehouses | Commercial | $991.28 | ↓ -17% |
| REI Nation | Commercial | $991.28 | ↓ -17% |
| Radians | Commercial | $991.28 | ↓ -17% |
| Retzer Resources | Commercial | $991.28 | ↓ -17% |
| State Systems | Commercial | $991.28 | ↓ -17% |
| W W Wood Products | Commercial | $991.28 | ↓ -17% |
| Watkins Uiberall | Commercial | $991.28 | ↓ -17% |
| Mechanical Systems | Commercial | $991.28 | ↓ -17% |
| Mid-South Transport | Commercial | $991.28 | ↓ -17% |
| Advanced Health Systems Inc. | Commercial | $1,150.38 | ↓ -4% |
| MS BCBS | Commercial | $1,191.96 | ↓ -0% |
| MPCN | PPO/HMO | $1,239.10 | ↑ +4% |
| PPO Plus | Commercial | $1,462.00 | ↑ +22% |
| Littler | Commercial | $1,496.00 | ↑ +25% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $1,944.80 | ↑ +63% |
| Integrated Health Plan | Commercial | $2,244.00 | ↑ +88% |
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Thoracentesis pleural space needle/catheter aspiration with imaging guidance (both sides) at other Mississippi hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64-0362400 Anderson Regional Main Campus | Meridian | $658.24 | $559.85 – $1,272.40 |
| 64-0682111 BMH DeSoto | Southaven | $611.20 | $537.83 – $1,585.19 |
| 64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi | Oxford | $738.30 | $539.97 – $1,574.92 |
| 39-3714515 BMH Oktibbeha County | STARKVILLE | $2,039.04 | $471.14 – $1,290.88 |
| 64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo | Yazoo City | $1,252.96 | $541.03 – $551.85 |
| 62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle | Columbus | $764.00 | $542.89 – $1,583.43 |
| 64-0881013 MBMC Jackson | Jackson | $516.60 | $561.28 – $1,571.58 |
| 81-3257997 BMH Calhoun | Calhoun City | $1,589.12 | $618.26 – $630.63 |