Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (with contrast) at 39-3714515 BMH Oktibbeha County
400 HOSPITAL DRIVE, STARKVILLE, MS · Baptistonline · · NPI 1154310514
$749.44
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.
$1,171.00
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.
$271.40 with AMBETTER vs $1,171.00 with BLUECROSS — 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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| AMBETTER | AMBETTER INSURANCE EXCHANGE | $271.40 | ↓ -64% |
| MSCAN_MAGNOLIA | MSCAN MAGNOLIA | $272.15 | ↓ -64% |
| MSCAN_TRUECARE | MSCAN TRUECARE | $272.15 | ↓ -64% |
| MSCAN_MOLINA | MSCAN MOLINA | $272.15 | ↓ -64% |
| VA_PCCC | VA PATIENT CENTERED COMMUNITY CARE | $285.74 | ↓ -62% |
| MEDICARE | MEDICARE | $300.78 | ↓ -60% |
| HUMANA_MA | HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $300.78 | ↓ -60% |
| TRICARE | TRICARE | $300.78 | ↓ -60% |
| MOLINA_CHIP | MOLINA CHIP | $394.62 | ↓ -47% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $450.00 | ↓ -40% |
| NORTH AMERICA ADMIN | NORTH AMERICA ADMINISTRATORS | $631.65 | ↓ -16% |
| MPCN | MPCN- COMMERCIAL BUSINESS | $717.92 | ↓ -4% |
| MPCN-CHIP | MPCN- MAGNOLIA CHIP | $730.15 | ↓ -3% |
| GOLDEN RULE | GOLDEN RULE | $814.89 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $814.89 | ↑ +9% |
| UMR | UMR | $814.89 | ↑ +9% |
| HEALTHLINK | HEALTH LINK | $819.70 | ↑ +9% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA COMMERCIAL | $819.70 | ↑ +9% |
| FOXEVERETT | FOX EVERETT | $819.70 | ↑ +9% |
| MULTIPLAN | MULTIPLAN | $878.25 | ↑ +17% |
| PPOPLUS | PPOPLUS | $878.25 | ↑ +17% |
| UNITED-STUDENT | UNITED HEALTHCARE STUDENT | $878.25 | ↑ +17% |
| STATE_OF_MS | STATE OF MS BLUE CROSS | $917.18 | ↑ +22% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA | $985.46 | ↑ +31% |
| MPEEBT | MS PUBLIC ENTITY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT TRUST | $995.35 | ↑ +33% |
| UNITED-INTEGRATED | UNITEDHEALTH INTEGRATED | $1,053.90 | ↑ +41% |
| GROUP_PENSION | GROUP AND PENSION ADMINISTRATORS | $1,053.90 | ↑ +41% |
| BLUECROSS | BLUE CROSS OF MS | $1,171.00 | ↑ +56% |
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| 64-0682111 BMH DeSoto | Southaven | $755.00 | $251.81 – $985.00 |
| 64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi | Oxford | $827.08 | $311.90 – $909.72 |
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| 64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo | Yazoo City | $1,398.92 | $312.52 – $318.77 |
| 62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle | Columbus | $928.25 | $313.59 – $924.00 |
| 64-0881013 MBMC Jackson | Jackson | $716.52 | $324.22 – $907.82 |
| 81-3257997 BMH Calhoun | Calhoun City | $1,774.24 | $357.13 – $364.27 |
| 45-2896080 MBMC Leake | Carthage | $1,535.40 | $312.52 – $318.77 |