Puncture spinal lumbar diagnostic at 64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo

823 Grand Avenue, Yazoo City, MS · Baptistonline · · NPI 1619918075

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 17, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$370.64

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.

$904.00

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.

$213.50 with Tricare vs $1,972.67 with MS BCBS — 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
Tricare Tricare $213.50 ↓ -42%
Magnolia MS Medicaid $224.74 ↓ -39%
TriWest Veterans Administration $224.74 ↓ -39%
MS Breast and Cervical MS-BCCP $224.74 ↓ -39%
VACCN Veterans Administration $224.74 ↓ -39%
Magnolia MS Exchange $226.99 ↓ -39%
Devoted Health Medicare $229.23 ↓ -38%
MS BCBS Medicare $231.48 ↓ -38%
Cigna Medicare $235.98 ↓ -36%
Primewell Commercial $235.98 ↓ -36%
Shared Health Medicare $235.98 ↓ -36%
Magnolia MS Medicare $235.98 ↓ -36%
Wellcare Medicare $235.98 ↓ -36%
American Health Plan Medicare $235.98 ↓ -36%
Humana Medicare PHO $235.98 ↓ -36%
Aetna Medicare $235.98 ↓ -36%
PPO Holdings Commercial $251.18 ↓ -32%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $264.40 ↓ -29%
Littler Commercial $330.50 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare Commercial $330.50 ↓ -11%
Aetna Commercial $330.50 ↓ -11%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $382.06 ↑ +3%
Y K Auto Group Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
Armstrong Relocation Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
Brimhall Foods Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
Building Plastic Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
Burch Food Services Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
Cannon Motor Company Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
Carlisle Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
Crittenden County Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
First Community Bank Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
French Camp Academy Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
Heartland Catfish Company Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
Heavy Machines Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
Jas D Collier Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
REI Nation Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
Radians All $404.53 ↑ +9%
Retzer Resources Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
Ritchey Automotive Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
Security One Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
Silver Tree Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
State Systems Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
United TN Holdings Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
Vaughn Electric Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
W W Wood Products Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
Delta Industries Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
MINACT Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
Malco Theaters Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $404.53 ↑ +9%
Molina Exchange $415.77 ↑ +12%
W G Yates Commercial $440.23 ↑ +19%
Employers Health Network Commercial $449.48 ↑ +21%
Harding Academy Commercial $449.48 ↑ +21%
Multiplan Complementary Network $462.70 ↑ +25%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $462.70 ↑ +25%
PPO Plus Commercial $462.70 ↑ +25%
Humana PPO $594.90 ↑ +61%
Veterans Evaluation Services Veterans Administration TPA $606.01 ↑ +64%
Molina Medicaid $618.13 ↑ +67%
Molina CHIP $1,060.52 ↑ +186%
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $1,498.92 ↑ +304%
MS BCBS Commercial $1,972.67 ↑ +432%

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Puncture spinal lumbar diagnostic at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
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
62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle Columbus $277.25 $608.09 – $1,773.60
45-2896080 MBMC Leake Carthage $406.80 $455.00 – $618.13
64-0663760 BMH Booneville Booneville $320.64 $592.19 – $1,727.21

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