Vital capacity test 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

$101.12

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.

$158.00

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.

$81.40 with AETNA vs $264.79 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
AETNA AETNA $81.40 ↓ -20%
AMBETTER AMBETTER INSURANCE EXCHANGE $100.10 ↓ -1%
HEALTHLINK HEALTH LINK $103.60 ↑ +2%
FOXEVERETT FOX EVERETT $103.60 ↑ +2%
VA_PCCC VA PATIENT CENTERED COMMUNITY CARE $105.39 ↑ +4%
MEDICARE MEDICARE $110.94 ↑ +10%
HUMANA_MA HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $110.94 ↑ +10%
TRICARE TRICARE $110.94 ↑ +10%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $111.00 ↑ +10%
PPOPLUS PPOPLUS $111.00 ↑ +10%
UNITED-STUDENT UNITED HEALTHCARE STUDENT $111.00 ↑ +10%
MSCAN_TRUECARE MSCAN TRUECARE $119.23 ↑ +18%
MSCAN_MAGNOLIA MSCAN MAGNOLIA $119.23 ↑ +18%
MSCAN_MOLINA MSCAN MOLINA $119.23 ↑ +18%
MPEEBT MS PUBLIC ENTITY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT TRUST $125.80 ↑ +24%
GROUP_PENSION GROUP AND PENSION ADMINISTRATORS $133.20 ↑ +32%
UNITED-INTEGRATED UNITEDHEALTH INTEGRATED $133.20 ↑ +32%
UNITED UNITED HEALTHCARE $148.00 ↑ +46%
STATE_OF_MS STATE OF MS BLUE CROSS $148.00 ↑ +46%
UMR UMR $148.00 ↑ +46%
BLUECROSS BLUE CROSS OF MS $148.00 ↑ +46%
GOLDEN RULE GOLDEN RULE $148.00 ↑ +46%
CIGNA CIGNA $148.00 ↑ +46%
MOLINA_CHIP MOLINA CHIP $148.00 ↑ +46%
MPCN-CHIP MPCN- MAGNOLIA CHIP $148.00 ↑ +46%
NORTH AMERICA ADMIN NORTH AMERICA ADMINISTRATORS $148.00 ↑ +46%
MPCN MPCN- COMMERCIAL BUSINESS $264.79 ↑ +162%

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Vital capacity test at other Mississippi hospitals

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64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $43.20 $136.11 – $582.00
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $42.78 $136.65 – $517.00
64-0362400 Anderson Regional Main Campus Meridian $17.16 $141.68 – $322.00
64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo Yazoo City $67.24 $136.92 – $139.66
45-2896080 MBMC Leake Carthage $73.80 $136.92 – $139.66
64-0362400 Anderson Regional South Campus Meridian $31.20 $140.76 – $313.58
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