Puncture spinal lumbar diagnostic 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

$1,002.88

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.

$1,567.00

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.

$105.88 with HUMANA vs $1,452.58 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
HUMANA HUMANA COMMERCIAL $105.88 ↓ -89%
HEALTHLINK HEALTH LINK $105.88 ↓ -89%
FOXEVERETT FOX EVERETT $105.88 ↓ -89%
UNITED-STUDENT UNITED HEALTHCARE STUDENT $113.44 ↓ -89%
PPOPLUS PPOPLUS $113.44 ↓ -89%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $113.44 ↓ -89%
MPEEBT MS PUBLIC ENTITY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT TRUST $128.56 ↓ -87%
GROUP_PENSION GROUP AND PENSION ADMINISTRATORS $136.13 ↓ -86%
UNITED-INTEGRATED UNITEDHEALTH INTEGRATED $136.13 ↓ -86%
UMR UMR $151.25 ↓ -85%
CIGNA CIGNA $151.25 ↓ -85%
BLUECROSS BLUE CROSS OF MS $151.25 ↓ -85%
AMBETTER AMBETTER INSURANCE EXCHANGE $151.25 ↓ -85%
GOLDEN RULE GOLDEN RULE $151.25 ↓ -85%
MSCAN_TRUECARE MSCAN TRUECARE $151.25 ↓ -85%
NORTH AMERICA ADMIN NORTH AMERICA ADMINISTRATORS $151.25 ↓ -85%
UNITED UNITED HEALTHCARE $151.25 ↓ -85%
STATE_OF_MS STATE OF MS BLUE CROSS $151.25 ↓ -85%
HUMANA_MA HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.25 ↓ -85%
MOLINA_CHIP MOLINA CHIP $151.25 ↓ -85%
MPCN-CHIP MPCN- MAGNOLIA CHIP $151.25 ↓ -85%
TRICARE TRICARE $151.25 ↓ -85%
MSCAN_MAGNOLIA MSCAN MAGNOLIA $151.25 ↓ -85%
MSCAN_MOLINA MSCAN MOLINA $151.25 ↓ -85%
AETNA AETNA $545.40 ↓ -46%
VA_PCCC VA PATIENT CENTERED COMMUNITY CARE $578.15 ↓ -42%
MEDICARE MEDICARE $608.58 ↓ -39%
MPCN MPCN- COMMERCIAL BUSINESS $1,452.58 ↑ +45%

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64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $254.60 $602.43 – $1,775.59
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $335.11 $604.83 – $1,764.08
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