Ultrasound guided needle placement supervision & interpretation 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

$145.92

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.

$228.00

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.

$21.82 with AMBETTER vs $66.60 with GROUP_PENSION — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $21.82 ↓ -85%
AETNA AETNA $35.75 ↓ -76%
MPCN MPCN- COMMERCIAL BUSINESS $37.00 ↓ -75%
MPCN-CHIP MPCN- MAGNOLIA CHIP $37.00 ↓ -75%
FOXEVERETT FOX EVERETT $51.80 ↓ -65%
HEALTHLINK HEALTH LINK $51.80 ↓ -65%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $55.50 ↓ -62%
PPOPLUS PPOPLUS $55.50 ↓ -62%
STATE_OF_MS STATE OF MS BLUE CROSS $55.50 ↓ -62%
UNITED-STUDENT UNITED HEALTHCARE STUDENT $55.50 ↓ -62%
BLUECROSS BLUE CROSS OF MS $62.90 ↓ -57%
MPEEBT MS PUBLIC ENTITY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT TRUST $62.90 ↓ -57%
UNITED-INTEGRATED UNITEDHEALTH INTEGRATED $66.60 ↓ -54%
GROUP_PENSION GROUP AND PENSION ADMINISTRATORS $66.60 ↓ -54%

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Ultrasound guided needle placement supervision & interpretation at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $195.40 $24.01 – $212.00
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $283.13 $39.00 – $179.00
64-0362400 Anderson Regional Main Campus Meridian $315.48 $47.35 – $47.35
62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle Columbus $307.75 $47.35 – $199.00
64-0881013 MBMC Jackson Jackson $177.66 $49.72 – $49.72
64-0362400 Anderson Regional South Campus Meridian $573.60 $47.35 – $47.35
64-0663760 BMH Booneville Booneville $214.80 $47.35 – $47.35

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