Thoracentesis pleural space needle/catheter aspiration with imaging guidance (both sides) 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

$1,252.96

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$3,056.00

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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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$541.03 with Veterans Evaluation Services vs $2,750.40 with Humana — 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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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
Veterans Evaluation Services Veterans Administration TPA $541.03 ↓ -57%
Molina Medicaid $551.85 ↓ -56%
Molina CHIP $946.80 ↓ -24%
Tricare Tricare $987.09 ↓ -21%
Magnolia MS Medicaid $1,039.04 ↓ -17%
VACCN Veterans Administration $1,039.04 ↓ -17%
MS Breast and Cervical MS-BCCP $1,039.04 ↓ -17%
TriWest Veterans Administration $1,039.04 ↓ -17%
Magnolia MS Exchange $1,049.43 ↓ -16%
Devoted Health Medicare $1,059.82 ↓ -15%
MS BCBS Medicare $1,070.21 ↓ -15%
Shared Health Medicare $1,090.99 ↓ -13%
Cigna Medicare $1,090.99 ↓ -13%
Wellcare Medicare $1,090.99 ↓ -13%
Primewell Commercial $1,090.99 ↓ -13%
Humana Medicare PHO $1,090.99 ↓ -13%
American Health Plan Medicare $1,090.99 ↓ -13%
Aetna Medicare $1,090.99 ↓ -13%
Magnolia MS Medicare $1,090.99 ↓ -13%
PPO Holdings Commercial $1,161.28 ↓ -7%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $1,222.40 ↓ -2%
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $1,337.49 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,528.00 ↑ +22%
Aetna Commercial $1,528.00 ↑ +22%
Littler Commercial $1,528.00 ↑ +22%
MS BCBS Commercial $1,760.22 ↑ +40%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $1,766.37 ↑ +41%
Retzer Resources Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
Ritchey Automotive Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
Security One Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
Silver Tree Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
United TN Holdings Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
Vaughn Electric Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
Y K Auto Group Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
Armstrong Relocation Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
Brimhall Foods Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
Building Plastic Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
Burch Food Services Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
Cannon Motor Company Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
Carlisle Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
Crittenden County Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
First Community Bank Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
French Camp Academy Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
Heartland Catfish Company Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
Heavy Machines Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
Jas D Collier Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
Malco Theaters Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
REI Nation Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
Radians All $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
W W Wood Products Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
State Systems Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
Delta Industries Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
MINACT Commercial $1,870.27 ↑ +49%
Molina Exchange $1,922.22 ↑ +53%
W G Yates Commercial $2,035.30 ↑ +62%
Harding Academy Commercial $2,078.08 ↑ +66%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,078.08 ↑ +66%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $2,139.20 ↑ +71%
Multiplan Complementary Network $2,139.20 ↑ +71%
PPO Plus Commercial $2,139.20 ↑ +71%
Humana PPO $2,750.40 ↑ +120%

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Thoracentesis pleural space needle/catheter aspiration with imaging guidance (both sides) at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $611.20 $537.83 – $1,585.19
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $738.30 $539.97 – $1,574.92
62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle Columbus $764.00 $542.89 – $1,583.43
45-2896080 MBMC Leake Carthage $1,375.20 $541.03 – $551.85
64-0663760 BMH Booneville Booneville $558.24 $528.68 – $1,541.99

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