Ultrasound guidance for vascular access 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

$42.40

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.

$66.25

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.

$19.53 with AMBETTER vs $66.25 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
AMBETTER AMBETTER INSURANCE EXCHANGE $19.53 ↓ -54%
MPCN-CHIP MPCN- MAGNOLIA CHIP $33.13 ↓ -22%
MPCN MPCN- COMMERCIAL BUSINESS $33.13 ↓ -22%
FOXEVERETT FOX EVERETT $46.38 ↑ +9%
HEALTHLINK HEALTH LINK $46.38 ↑ +9%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $49.69 ↑ +17%
PPOPLUS PPOPLUS $49.69 ↑ +17%
STATE_OF_MS STATE OF MS BLUE CROSS $49.69 ↑ +17%
UNITED-STUDENT UNITED HEALTHCARE STUDENT $49.69 ↑ +17%
MPEEBT MS PUBLIC ENTITY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT TRUST $56.31 ↑ +33%
BLUECROSS BLUE CROSS OF MS $56.31 ↑ +33%
UNITED-INTEGRATED UNITEDHEALTH INTEGRATED $59.63 ↑ +41%
GROUP_PENSION GROUP AND PENSION ADMINISTRATORS $59.63 ↑ +41%
AETNA AETNA $66.25 ↑ +56%

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Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $97.60 $20.79 – $212.00
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $107.18 $31.07 – $179.00
64-0362400 Anderson Regional Main Campus Meridian $243.98 $31.07 – $31.07
62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle Columbus $116.50 $31.07 – $199.00
64-0881013 MBMC Jackson Jackson $221.97 $32.62 – $32.62
64-0362400 Anderson Regional South Campus Meridian $443.60 $31.07 – $31.07
64-0663760 BMH Booneville Booneville $111.60 $31.07 – $31.07

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