CMS Price Transparency Data

Trauma team activation

Facility: Merit Health Natchez

Billing Code: G0390 (HCPCS)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$1,624

about 1.2× the $1,362 Medicare rate · typically $1,370–$2,475

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$3,579

Well above the fair price

about $1,955 over the fair price · 2.6× Medicare

Medicare pays $1,362 Fair price $1,624 This hospital $3,579 Cash price $1,761 Hospital's list price $6,373

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

How this hospital compares to other MS hospitals

Highest price of the 9 MS hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $650 Priciest $3,579

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 MS hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a Trauma team activation is about $1,624 (about 1.2× the $1,362 Medicare rate). Merit Health Natchez charges insurers about $3,579, or about $1,761 in cash — well above the fair price. Located in Natchez, MS.

This price is above the fair BaseRate — you may be able to pay less

Ask the hospital for the cash / self-pay price, check whether you qualify for financial assistance, or negotiate the bill down toward the fair price of about $1,624. Many patients pay well below the first number they’re quoted — the checklists below walk you through it.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$552 - $1,382	41%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$3,324 - $4,961	244%
Aetnamajor	$780 - $4,305	57%
Cignamajor	$920 - $1,374	68%
Humanamajor	$780 - $1,164	57%
CareSource	$1,028	75%
Molina	$1,089	80%
+ 6 smaller / regional plans	$256 - $6,154

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

Excludes 3 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 1,761), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the HCPCS code on your bill matches exactly: G0390.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Merit Health Natchez is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for HCPCS code G0390.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

How you’d pay

Deductible left to meet ($)

Your coinsurance (%)

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Other Procedures at Merit Health Natchez

Compare: Trauma team activation at other MS hospitals

Franklin County Memorial Hospital · Meadville $650
Franklin County Memorial Hospital · Meadville $650
Tippah County Hospital · Ripley $655
S E Lackey Memorial Hospital · Forest $714
Ochsner Scott Regional · Morton $1,028
Merit Health Wesley · Hattiesburg $1,089
Ochsner Watkins Hospital · Quitman $1,159
Memorial Hospital Biloxi · Biloxi $1,179

Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.