Culture body fluid 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

$48.00

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.

$75.00

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.

$3.62 with GOLDEN RULE vs $67.50 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 $3.62 ↓ -92%
UMR UMR $3.62 ↓ -92%
UNITED UNITED HEALTHCARE $3.62 ↓ -92%
MSCAN_TRUECARE MSCAN TRUECARE $7.76 ↓ -84%
MSCAN_MOLINA MSCAN MOLINA $7.76 ↓ -84%
MSCAN_MAGNOLIA MSCAN MAGNOLIA $7.76 ↓ -84%
VA_PCCC VA PATIENT CENTERED COMMUNITY CARE $8.19 ↓ -83%
HUMANA_MA HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.62 ↓ -82%
AETNA AETNA $8.62 ↓ -82%
MEDICARE MEDICARE $8.62 ↓ -82%
MPCN MPCN- COMMERCIAL BUSINESS $8.62 ↓ -82%
AMBETTER AMBETTER INSURANCE EXCHANGE $9.48 ↓ -80%
MOLINA_CHIP MOLINA CHIP $11.25 ↓ -77%
STATE_OF_MS STATE OF MS BLUE CROSS $14.27 ↓ -70%
CIGNA CIGNA $15.31 ↓ -68%
BLUECROSS BLUE CROSS OF MS $18.07 ↓ -62%
NORTH AMERICA ADMIN NORTH AMERICA ADMINISTRATORS $18.10 ↓ -62%
MPCN-CHIP MPCN- MAGNOLIA CHIP $37.50 ↓ -22%
HEALTHLINK HEALTH LINK $52.50 ↑ +9%
FOXEVERETT FOX EVERETT $52.50 ↑ +9%
PPOPLUS PPOPLUS $56.25 ↑ +17%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $56.25 ↑ +17%
UNITED-STUDENT UNITED HEALTHCARE STUDENT $56.25 ↑ +17%
MPEEBT MS PUBLIC ENTITY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT TRUST $63.75 ↑ +33%
UNITED-INTEGRATED UNITEDHEALTH INTEGRATED $67.50 ↑ +41%
GROUP_PENSION GROUP AND PENSION ADMINISTRATORS $67.50 ↑ +41%

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