Chest X-ray 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

$153.60

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.

$240.00

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.

$30.08 with AETNA vs $216.00 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
AETNA AETNA $30.08 ↓ -80%
MSCAN_TRUECARE MSCAN TRUECARE $67.09 ↓ -56%
MSCAN_MAGNOLIA MSCAN MAGNOLIA $67.09 ↓ -56%
MSCAN_MOLINA MSCAN MOLINA $67.09 ↓ -56%
AMBETTER AMBETTER INSURANCE EXCHANGE $67.70 ↓ -56%
VA_PCCC VA PATIENT CENTERED COMMUNITY CARE $71.28 ↓ -54%
MEDICARE MEDICARE $75.03 ↓ -51%
HUMANA_MA HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $75.03 ↓ -51%
TRICARE TRICARE $75.03 ↓ -51%
MOLINA_CHIP MOLINA CHIP $97.28 ↓ -37%
STATE_OF_MS STATE OF MS BLUE CROSS $128.72 ↓ -16%
NORTH AMERICA ADMIN NORTH AMERICA ADMINISTRATORS $157.56 ↑ +3%
CIGNA CIGNA $159.11 ↑ +4%
FOXEVERETT FOX EVERETT $168.00 ↑ +9%
HEALTHLINK HEALTH LINK $168.00 ↑ +9%
HUMANA HUMANA COMMERCIAL $168.00 ↑ +9%
MPCN MPCN- COMMERCIAL BUSINESS $179.08 ↑ +17%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $180.00 ↑ +17%
PPOPLUS PPOPLUS $180.00 ↑ +17%
UNITED-STUDENT UNITED HEALTHCARE STUDENT $180.00 ↑ +17%
MPCN-CHIP MPCN- MAGNOLIA CHIP $182.13 ↑ +19%
BLUECROSS BLUE CROSS OF MS $188.59 ↑ +23%
UNITED UNITED HEALTHCARE $203.27 ↑ +32%
UMR UMR $203.27 ↑ +32%
GOLDEN RULE GOLDEN RULE $203.27 ↑ +32%
MPEEBT MS PUBLIC ENTITY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT TRUST $204.00 ↑ +33%
UNITED-INTEGRATED UNITEDHEALTH INTEGRATED $216.00 ↑ +41%
GROUP_PENSION GROUP AND PENSION ADMINISTRATORS $216.00 ↑ +41%

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