Head CT scan (with contrast) at 39-3714515 BMH Oktibbeha County
400 HOSPITAL DRIVE, STARKVILLE, MS · Baptistonline · · NPI 1154310514
$672.00
Cash price 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.
$1,050.00
Gross charge 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.
$135.66 with MSCAN_TRUECARE vs $945.00 with UNITED-INTEGRATED — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| MSCAN_TRUECARE | MSCAN TRUECARE | $135.66 | ↓ -80% |
| MSCAN_MAGNOLIA | MSCAN MAGNOLIA | $135.66 | ↓ -80% |
| MSCAN_MOLINA | MSCAN MOLINA | $135.66 | ↓ -80% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER INSURANCE EXCHANGE | $136.45 | ↓ -80% |
| VA_PCCC | VA PATIENT CENTERED COMMUNITY CARE | $143.66 | ↓ -79% |
| MEDICARE | MEDICARE | $151.22 | ↓ -77% |
| HUMANA_MA | HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $151.22 | ↓ -77% |
| TRICARE | TRICARE | $151.22 | ↓ -77% |
| MOLINA_CHIP | MOLINA CHIP | $196.71 | ↓ -71% |
| NORTH AMERICA ADMIN | NORTH AMERICA ADMINISTRATORS | $317.57 | ↓ -53% |
| MPCN | MPCN- COMMERCIAL BUSINESS | $360.95 | ↓ -46% |
| MPCN-CHIP | MPCN- MAGNOLIA CHIP | $367.10 | ↓ -45% |
| UNITED | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $409.70 | ↓ -39% |
| UMR | UMR | $409.70 | ↓ -39% |
| GOLDEN RULE | GOLDEN RULE | $409.70 | ↓ -39% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $450.00 | ↓ -33% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA | $515.19 | ↓ -23% |
| STATE_OF_MS | STATE OF MS BLUE CROSS | $569.87 | ↓ -15% |
| FOXEVERETT | FOX EVERETT | $735.00 | ↑ +9% |
| HEALTHLINK | HEALTH LINK | $735.00 | ↑ +9% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA COMMERCIAL | $735.00 | ↑ +9% |
| MULTIPLAN | MULTIPLAN | $787.50 | ↑ +17% |
| PPOPLUS | PPOPLUS | $787.50 | ↑ +17% |
| UNITED-STUDENT | UNITED HEALTHCARE STUDENT | $787.50 | ↑ +17% |
| BLUECROSS | BLUE CROSS OF MS | $834.84 | ↑ +24% |
| MPEEBT | MS PUBLIC ENTITY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT TRUST | $892.50 | ↑ +33% |
| GROUP_PENSION | GROUP AND PENSION ADMINISTRATORS | $945.00 | ↑ +41% |
| UNITED-INTEGRATED | UNITEDHEALTH INTEGRATED | $945.00 | ↑ +41% |
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| 64-0682111 BMH DeSoto | Southaven | $647.20 | $154.86 – $985.00 |
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| 64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo | Yazoo City | $647.39 | $155.78 – $158.90 |
| 62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle | Columbus | $794.50 | $156.32 – $924.00 |
| 64-0881013 MBMC Jackson | Jackson | $614.04 | $161.61 – $452.51 |
| 81-3257997 BMH Calhoun | Calhoun City | $713.96 | $178.02 – $181.58 |
| 45-2896080 MBMC Leake | Carthage | $710.55 | $155.78 – $158.90 |