Crystal identification light microscopy 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

$26.88

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.

$42.00

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.

$3.08 with GOLDEN RULE vs $37.80 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
GOLDEN RULE GOLDEN RULE $3.08 ↓ -89%
UMR UMR $3.08 ↓ -89%
UNITED UNITED HEALTHCARE $3.08 ↓ -89%
MSCAN_TRUECARE MSCAN TRUECARE $6.60 ↓ -75%
MSCAN_MOLINA MSCAN MOLINA $6.60 ↓ -75%
MSCAN_MAGNOLIA MSCAN MAGNOLIA $6.60 ↓ -75%
VA_PCCC VA PATIENT CENTERED COMMUNITY CARE $6.96 ↓ -74%
HUMANA_MA HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.33 ↓ -73%
AETNA AETNA $7.33 ↓ -73%
MEDICARE MEDICARE $7.33 ↓ -73%
MPCN MPCN- COMMERCIAL BUSINESS $7.33 ↓ -73%
AMBETTER AMBETTER INSURANCE EXCHANGE $8.06 ↓ -70%
MOLINA_CHIP MOLINA CHIP $9.57 ↓ -64%
CIGNA CIGNA $12.72 ↓ -53%
NORTH AMERICA ADMIN NORTH AMERICA ADMINISTRATORS $15.39 ↓ -43%
MPCN-CHIP MPCN- MAGNOLIA CHIP $21.00 ↓ -22%
BLUECROSS BLUE CROSS OF MS $24.77 ↓ -8%
STATE_OF_MS STATE OF MS BLUE CROSS $26.51 ↓ -1%
HEALTHLINK HEALTH LINK $29.40 ↑ +9%
FOXEVERETT FOX EVERETT $29.40 ↑ +9%
PPOPLUS PPOPLUS $31.50 ↑ +17%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $31.50 ↑ +17%
UNITED-STUDENT UNITED HEALTHCARE STUDENT $31.50 ↑ +17%
MPEEBT MS PUBLIC ENTITY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT TRUST $35.70 ↑ +33%
UNITED-INTEGRATED UNITEDHEALTH INTEGRATED $37.80 ↑ +41%
GROUP_PENSION GROUP AND PENSION ADMINISTRATORS $37.80 ↑ +41%

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Crystal identification light microscopy at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $23.60 $6.96 – $26.51
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $21.16 $7.04 – $26.51
64-0362400 Anderson Regional Main Campus Meridian $15.18 $7.26 – $26.51
64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo Yazoo City $76.67 $7.33 – $26.51
62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle Columbus $13.50 $7.04 – $26.51
64-0881013 MBMC Jackson Jackson $28.35 $4.20 – $26.51
81-3257997 BMH Calhoun Calhoun City $16.64 $7.33 – $26.51
45-2896080 MBMC Leake Carthage $84.15 $7.33 – $26.51

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