Bronchial challenge 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

$432.32

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.

$675.50

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.

$39.19 with AETNA vs $767.89 with MPCN — 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
AETNA AETNA $39.19 ↓ -91%
HEALTHLINK HEALTH LINK $49.88 ↓ -88%
FOXEVERETT FOX EVERETT $49.88 ↓ -88%
PPOPLUS PPOPLUS $53.44 ↓ -88%
UNITED-STUDENT UNITED HEALTHCARE STUDENT $53.44 ↓ -88%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $53.44 ↓ -88%
MPEEBT MS PUBLIC ENTITY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT TRUST $60.56 ↓ -86%
GROUP_PENSION GROUP AND PENSION ADMINISTRATORS $64.13 ↓ -85%
UNITED-INTEGRATED UNITEDHEALTH INTEGRATED $64.13 ↓ -85%
UMR UMR $71.25 ↓ -84%
BLUECROSS BLUE CROSS OF MS $71.25 ↓ -84%
CIGNA CIGNA $71.25 ↓ -84%
GOLDEN RULE GOLDEN RULE $71.25 ↓ -84%
AMBETTER AMBETTER INSURANCE EXCHANGE $71.25 ↓ -84%
HUMANA_MA HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $71.25 ↓ -84%
MOLINA_CHIP MOLINA CHIP $71.25 ↓ -84%
MPCN-CHIP MPCN- MAGNOLIA CHIP $71.25 ↓ -84%
TRICARE TRICARE $71.25 ↓ -84%
STATE_OF_MS STATE OF MS BLUE CROSS $71.25 ↓ -84%
UNITED UNITED HEALTHCARE $71.25 ↓ -84%
MSCAN_MAGNOLIA MSCAN MAGNOLIA $71.25 ↓ -84%
MSCAN_MOLINA MSCAN MOLINA $71.25 ↓ -84%
MSCAN_TRUECARE MSCAN TRUECARE $71.25 ↓ -84%
NORTH AMERICA ADMIN NORTH AMERICA ADMINISTRATORS $71.25 ↓ -84%
VA_PCCC VA PATIENT CENTERED COMMUNITY CARE $305.63 ↓ -29%
MEDICARE MEDICARE $321.72 ↓ -26%
MPCN MPCN- COMMERCIAL BUSINESS $767.89 ↑ +78%

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Bronchial challenge at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $203.20 $265.84 – $798.42
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $233.68 $271.97 – $793.24
64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo Yazoo City $268.96 $272.50 – $277.95
62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle Columbus $360.25 $273.44 – $797.52
45-2896080 MBMC Leake Carthage $295.20 $272.50 – $277.95
64-0663760 BMH Booneville Booneville $255.12 $266.28 – $776.66

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