Breast Biopsy (ultrasound-guided, percutaneous) 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

$1,724.16

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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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$2,694.00

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.

$579.75 with MS-STATE_BREAST/CERV vs $3,398.70 with MPCN — same scan, same building. Share

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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
MS-STATE_BREAST/CERV MS STATE DEP HEALTH- BREAST AND CERVICAL $579.75 ↓ -66%
AETNA AETNA $598.40 ↓ -65%
FOXEVERETT FOX EVERETT $761.60 ↓ -56%
HUMANA HUMANA COMMERCIAL $761.60 ↓ -56%
HEALTHLINK HEALTH LINK $761.60 ↓ -56%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $816.00 ↓ -53%
PPOPLUS PPOPLUS $816.00 ↓ -53%
UNITED-STUDENT UNITED HEALTHCARE STUDENT $816.00 ↓ -53%
MPEEBT MS PUBLIC ENTITY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT TRUST $924.80 ↓ -46%
GROUP_PENSION GROUP AND PENSION ADMINISTRATORS $979.20 ↓ -43%
UNITED-INTEGRATED UNITEDHEALTH INTEGRATED $979.20 ↓ -43%
UMR UMR $1,088.00 ↓ -37%
STATE_OF_MS STATE OF MS BLUE CROSS $1,088.00 ↓ -37%
UNITED UNITED HEALTHCARE $1,088.00 ↓ -37%
BLUECROSS BLUE CROSS OF MS $1,088.00 ↓ -37%
GOLDEN RULE GOLDEN RULE $1,088.00 ↓ -37%
CIGNA CIGNA $1,088.00 ↓ -37%
HUMANA_MA HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,088.00 ↓ -37%
MOLINA_CHIP MOLINA CHIP $1,088.00 ↓ -37%
MPCN-CHIP MPCN- MAGNOLIA CHIP $1,088.00 ↓ -37%
AMBETTER AMBETTER INSURANCE EXCHANGE $1,088.00 ↓ -37%
MSCAN_MAGNOLIA MSCAN MAGNOLIA $1,088.00 ↓ -37%
MSCAN_MOLINA MSCAN MOLINA $1,088.00 ↓ -37%
MSCAN_TRUECARE MSCAN TRUECARE $1,088.00 ↓ -37%
NORTH AMERICA ADMIN NORTH AMERICA ADMINISTRATORS $1,088.00 ↓ -37%
TRICARE TRICARE $1,088.00 ↓ -37%
VA_PCCC VA PATIENT CENTERED COMMUNITY CARE $1,352.74 ↓ -22%
MEDICARE MEDICARE $1,423.94 ↓ -17%
MPCN MPCN- COMMERCIAL BUSINESS $3,398.70 ↑ +97%

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Breast Biopsy (ultrasound-guided, percutaneous) at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $1,641.20 $1,409.47 – $4,154.22
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $1,887.38 $1,277.00 – $4,127.28
64-0362400 Anderson Regional Main Campus Meridian $561.88 $1,467.18 – $3,334.50
62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle Columbus $2,051.50 $1,277.00 – $4,149.60
64-0881013 MBMC Jackson Jackson $1,099.98 $1,470.92 – $4,118.58
64-0362400 Anderson Regional South Campus Meridian $1,021.60 $1,457.64 – $3,247.22
64-0663760 BMH Booneville Booneville $1,867.92 $1,385.48 – $4,040.99

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