Dch validity tests 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

$6.14

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.

$9.60

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.

$1.46 with UNITED vs $8.76 with AETNA — 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
UNITED UNITED HEALTHCARE $1.46 ↓ -76%
GOLDEN RULE GOLDEN RULE $1.46 ↓ -76%
UMR UMR $1.46 ↓ -76%
MSCAN_MAGNOLIA MSCAN MAGNOLIA $3.13 ↓ -49%
MSCAN_TRUECARE MSCAN TRUECARE $3.13 ↓ -49%
MSCAN_MOLINA MSCAN MOLINA $3.13 ↓ -49%
VA_PCCC VA PATIENT CENTERED COMMUNITY CARE $3.31 ↓ -46%
HUMANA_MA HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.48 ↓ -43%
MEDICARE MEDICARE $3.48 ↓ -43%
MPCN MPCN- COMMERCIAL BUSINESS $3.48 ↓ -43%
AMBETTER AMBETTER INSURANCE EXCHANGE $3.83 ↓ -38%
MOLINA_CHIP MOLINA CHIP $4.54 ↓ -26%
MPCN-CHIP MPCN- MAGNOLIA CHIP $4.80 ↓ -22%
CIGNA CIGNA $5.57 ↓ -9%
STATE_OF_MS STATE OF MS BLUE CROSS $5.59 ↓ -9%
BLUECROSS BLUE CROSS OF MS $5.85 ↓ -5%
FOXEVERETT FOX EVERETT $6.72 ↑ +9%
HEALTHLINK HEALTH LINK $6.72 ↑ +9%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $7.20 ↑ +17%
UNITED-STUDENT UNITED HEALTHCARE STUDENT $7.20 ↑ +17%
PPOPLUS PPOPLUS $7.20 ↑ +17%
NORTH AMERICA ADMIN NORTH AMERICA ADMINISTRATORS $7.31 ↑ +19%
MPEEBT MS PUBLIC ENTITY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT TRUST $8.16 ↑ +33%
GROUP_PENSION GROUP AND PENSION ADMINISTRATORS $8.64 ↑ +41%
UNITED-INTEGRATED UNITEDHEALTH INTEGRATED $8.64 ↑ +41%
AETNA AETNA $8.76 ↑ +43%

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Dch validity tests at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $40.40 $3.31 – $9.74
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $9.66 $3.34 – $9.74
64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo Yazoo City $39.36 $3.48 – $5.59
62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle Columbus $24.00 $3.34 – $9.74
64-0881013 MBMC Jackson Jackson $20.16 $1.50 – $9.74
81-3257997 BMH Calhoun Calhoun City $14.56 $3.48 – $5.59
45-2896080 MBMC Leake Carthage $43.20 $3.48 – $5.59
64-0663760 BMH Booneville Booneville $48.48 $3.34 – $9.74

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