ER Visit (level 5, high severity) 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

$880.00

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.

$1,375.00

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.

$159.25 with HEALTHLINK vs $1,225.50 with MPCN — 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
HEALTHLINK HEALTH LINK $159.25 ↓ -82%
FOXEVERETT FOX EVERETT $159.25 ↓ -82%
UNITED-STUDENT UNITED HEALTHCARE STUDENT $170.63 ↓ -81%
PPOPLUS PPOPLUS $170.63 ↓ -81%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $170.63 ↓ -81%
MPEEBT MS PUBLIC ENTITY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT TRUST $193.38 ↓ -78%
GROUP_PENSION GROUP AND PENSION ADMINISTRATORS $204.75 ↓ -77%
UNITED-INTEGRATED UNITEDHEALTH INTEGRATED $204.75 ↓ -77%
UMR UMR $227.50 ↓ -74%
CIGNA CIGNA $227.50 ↓ -74%
BLUECROSS BLUE CROSS OF MS $227.50 ↓ -74%
AMBETTER AMBETTER INSURANCE EXCHANGE $227.50 ↓ -74%
GOLDEN RULE GOLDEN RULE $227.50 ↓ -74%
UNITED UNITED HEALTHCARE $227.50 ↓ -74%
STATE_OF_MS STATE OF MS BLUE CROSS $227.50 ↓ -74%
AETNA AETNA $227.50 ↓ -74%
HUMANA_MA HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $227.50 ↓ -74%
MOLINA_CHIP MOLINA CHIP $227.50 ↓ -74%
MPCN-CHIP MPCN- MAGNOLIA CHIP $227.50 ↓ -74%
TRICARE TRICARE $227.50 ↓ -74%
MSCAN_MAGNOLIA MSCAN MAGNOLIA $227.50 ↓ -74%
MSCAN_MOLINA MSCAN MOLINA $227.50 ↓ -74%
MSCAN_TRUECARE MSCAN TRUECARE $227.50 ↓ -74%
NORTH AMERICA ADMIN NORTH AMERICA ADMINISTRATORS $227.50 ↓ -74%
VA_PCCC VA PATIENT CENTERED COMMUNITY CARE $487.77 ↓ -45%
MEDICARE MEDICARE $513.44 ↓ -42%
MPCN MPCN- COMMERCIAL BUSINESS $1,225.50 ↑ +39%

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ER Visit (level 5, high severity) at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $598.00 $538.96 – $1,571.98
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $299.69 $535.46 – $1,561.76
64-0362400 Anderson Regional Main Campus Meridian $707.30 $555.18 – $1,261.78
64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo Yazoo City $515.78 $536.51 – $547.24
62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle Columbus $366.50 $538.36 – $1,570.21
64-0881013 MBMC Jackson Jackson $460.32 $556.60 – $1,558.48
81-3257997 BMH Calhoun Calhoun City $355.68 $613.10 – $625.36
45-2896080 MBMC Leake Carthage $566.10 $536.51 – $547.24

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