Brain MRI (without contrast) at 39-3714515 BMH Oktibbeha County

400 HOSPITAL DRIVE, STARKVILLE, MS · Baptistonline · · NPI 1154310514

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 30, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$934.40

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.

$1,460.00

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.

$184.20 with MSCAN_MAGNOLIA vs $1,314.00 with GROUP_PENSION — 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
MSCAN_MAGNOLIA MSCAN MAGNOLIA $184.20 ↓ -80%
MSCAN_TRUECARE MSCAN TRUECARE $184.20 ↓ -80%
MSCAN_MOLINA MSCAN MOLINA $184.20 ↓ -80%
AMBETTER AMBETTER INSURANCE EXCHANGE $185.61 ↓ -80%
VA_PCCC VA PATIENT CENTERED COMMUNITY CARE $195.43 ↓ -79%
HUMANA_MA HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $205.71 ↓ -78%
TRICARE TRICARE $205.71 ↓ -78%
MEDICARE MEDICARE $205.71 ↓ -78%
MOLINA_CHIP MOLINA CHIP $267.09 ↓ -71%
NORTH AMERICA ADMIN NORTH AMERICA ADMINISTRATORS $432.00 ↓ -54%
STATE_OF_MS STATE OF MS BLUE CROSS $485.78 ↓ -48%
MPCN MPCN- COMMERCIAL BUSINESS $491.00 ↓ -47%
MPCN-CHIP MPCN- MAGNOLIA CHIP $499.36 ↓ -47%
GOLDEN RULE GOLDEN RULE $557.32 ↓ -40%
UNITED UNITED HEALTHCARE $557.32 ↓ -40%
UMR UMR $557.32 ↓ -40%
CIGNA CIGNA $588.80 ↓ -37%
AETNA AETNA $625.00 ↓ -33%
BLUECROSS BLUE CROSS OF MS $711.65 ↓ -24%
FOXEVERETT FOX EVERETT $1,022.00 ↑ +9%
HUMANA HUMANA COMMERCIAL $1,022.00 ↑ +9%
HEALTHLINK HEALTH LINK $1,022.00 ↑ +9%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $1,095.00 ↑ +17%
PPOPLUS PPOPLUS $1,095.00 ↑ +17%
UNITED-STUDENT UNITED HEALTHCARE STUDENT $1,095.00 ↑ +17%
MPEEBT MS PUBLIC ENTITY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT TRUST $1,241.00 ↑ +33%
UNITED-INTEGRATED UNITEDHEALTH INTEGRATED $1,314.00 ↑ +41%
GROUP_PENSION GROUP AND PENSION ADMINISTRATORS $1,314.00 ↑ +41%

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Brain MRI (without contrast) at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $748.80 $210.27 – $1,204.00
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $805.92 $211.11 – $1,068.00
64-0362400 Anderson Regional Main Campus Meridian $262.68 $218.89 – $497.48
64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo Yazoo City $1,027.46 $211.52 – $215.75
62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle Columbus $918.75 $212.26 – $1,130.00
64-0881013 MBMC Jackson Jackson $1,296.33 $219.44 – $614.43
81-3257997 BMH Calhoun Calhoun City $993.20 $241.72 – $246.55
45-2896080 MBMC Leake Carthage $1,127.70 $211.52 – $215.75

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