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Two Tools for Pricing Transparency

Researching your medical costs can be very complicated. At Baptist Memorial Health Care, we're making it easier. As part of our efforts to be a national leader in price transparency, we offer two unique tools to help you get an accurate estimate of your out-of-pocket expenses for hundreds of different procedures and services. Whether you have insurance or not, you can get a customized estimate for your care at our Baptist Memorial Hospital facilities in West Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas.

About CMS

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, CMS, is part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that administers the nation’s major healthcare programs including Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP, and the state and federal health insurance marketplaces. The agency aims to provide a healthcare system with better care, access to coverage, and improved health. To further that mission, starting January 1, 2021, each hospital operating in the United States is required to provide clear, accessible pricing information online about the procedures and services they provide in two formats:

• In a display of shoppable services in a consumer-friendly format.
• As a comprehensive machine-readable file listing all items and services.