Culture anaerobic except blood 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

$99.20

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.

$155.00

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.

$3.98 with GOLDEN RULE vs $139.50 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 $3.98 ↓ -96%
UMR UMR $3.98 ↓ -96%
UNITED UNITED HEALTHCARE $3.98 ↓ -96%
MSCAN_TRUECARE MSCAN TRUECARE $8.52 ↓ -91%
MSCAN_MOLINA MSCAN MOLINA $8.52 ↓ -91%
MSCAN_MAGNOLIA MSCAN MAGNOLIA $8.52 ↓ -91%
VA_PCCC VA PATIENT CENTERED COMMUNITY CARE $9.00 ↓ -91%
HUMANA_MA HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.47 ↓ -90%
AETNA AETNA $9.47 ↓ -90%
MEDICARE MEDICARE $9.47 ↓ -90%
MPCN MPCN- COMMERCIAL BUSINESS $9.47 ↓ -90%
AMBETTER AMBETTER INSURANCE EXCHANGE $10.42 ↓ -89%
MOLINA_CHIP MOLINA CHIP $12.35 ↓ -88%
BLUECROSS BLUE CROSS OF MS $15.98 ↓ -84%
CIGNA CIGNA $16.83 ↓ -83%
STATE_OF_MS STATE OF MS BLUE CROSS $17.72 ↓ -82%
NORTH AMERICA ADMIN NORTH AMERICA ADMINISTRATORS $19.89 ↓ -80%
MPCN-CHIP MPCN- MAGNOLIA CHIP $77.50 ↓ -22%
HEALTHLINK HEALTH LINK $108.50 ↑ +9%
FOXEVERETT FOX EVERETT $108.50 ↑ +9%
PPOPLUS PPOPLUS $116.25 ↑ +17%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $116.25 ↑ +17%
UNITED-STUDENT UNITED HEALTHCARE STUDENT $116.25 ↑ +17%
MPEEBT MS PUBLIC ENTITY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT TRUST $131.75 ↑ +33%
UNITED-INTEGRATED UNITEDHEALTH INTEGRATED $139.50 ↑ +41%
GROUP_PENSION GROUP AND PENSION ADMINISTRATORS $139.50 ↑ +41%

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Culture anaerobic except blood at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $119.20 $9.00 – $26.52
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $63.25 $9.09 – $26.52
64-0362400 Anderson Regional Main Campus Meridian $52.14 $9.38 – $21.31
64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo Yazoo City $163.59 $9.47 – $17.72
62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle Columbus $88.50 $9.09 – $26.52
64-0881013 MBMC Jackson Jackson $83.79 $5.55 – $26.52
81-3257997 BMH Calhoun Calhoun City $147.16 $9.47 – $17.72
45-2896080 MBMC Leake Carthage $179.55 $9.47 – $17.72

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