Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at 62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle

2520 5th St N, Columbus, MS · Baptistonline · · NPI 1609830173

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 27, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$857.00

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.

$3,428.00

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.

$206.75 with Behavioral Health Systems vs $3,785.18 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
Behavioral Health Systems Behavioral Health $206.75 ↓ -76%
PPO Holdings Commercial $314.26 ↓ -63%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $330.80 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare CHIP $372.15 ↓ -57%
Littler Commercial $413.50 ↓ -52%
Molina Exchange $413.50 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial $454.85 ↓ -47%
Aetna Commercial $517.70 ↓ -40%
Humana PPO $545.82 ↓ -36%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $578.90 ↓ -32%
Multiplan Complementary Network $620.25 ↓ -28%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $620.25 ↓ -28%
NovaSys All $620.25 ↓ -28%
Christian Health Aid Commercial $661.60 ↓ -23%
PPO Plus Commercial $702.95 ↓ -18%
QCA All $744.30 ↓ -13%
TriWest Veterans Administration $823.27 ↓ -4%
Humana Tricare Behavioral Health $857.57 ↑ +0%
MS Breast and Cervical MS-BCCP $857.57 ↑ +0%
Veterans Evaluation Services Veterans Administration TPA $857.57 ↑ +0%
VACCN Veterans Administration $857.57 ↑ +0%
Humana Medicare $866.15 ↑ +1%
Molina Medicaid $874.72 ↑ +2%
Devoted Health Medicare $874.72 ↑ +2%
MS BCBS Medicare $883.30 ↑ +3%
American Health Plan Medicare $900.45 ↑ +5%
Shared Health Medicare $900.45 ↑ +5%
Aetna Medicare $900.45 ↑ +5%
Magnolia MS Exchange $1,158.23 ↑ +35%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $1,457.87 ↑ +70%
Molina CHIP $1,500.75 ↑ +75%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,536.00 ↑ +79%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
REI Nation Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
Radians Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
Retzer Resources Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
Ritchey Automotive Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
Security One Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
Silver Tree Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
State Systems Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
Town of Collierville Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
United TN Holdings Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
Vaughn Electric Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
W G Yates Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
W W Wood Products Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
Delta Industries Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
MINACT Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
Y K Auto Group Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
Arlington Community Schools Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
Armstrong Relocation Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
Bartlett City Schools Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
Brimhall Foods Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
Building Plastic Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
Burch Food Services Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
Cannon Motor Company Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
Carlisle Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
City of Bartlett Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
City of Lakeland Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
Collierville Schools Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
Crittenden County Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
EAS MSSC Schools Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
First Choice Health Plan of MS HPN $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
First Community Bank Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
French Camp Academy Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
Heartland Catfish Company Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
Heavy Machines Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
Hollowell Industries Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
Jas D Collier Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
Lakeland School System Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
Malco Theaters Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $1,543.63 ↑ +80%
MPCN PPO/HMO $1,715.14 ↑ +100%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,715.14 ↑ +100%
Harding Academy Commercial $1,715.14 ↑ +100%
United Healthcare Options PPO $1,884.00 ↑ +120%
Primewell Commercial $2,401.20 ↑ +180%
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $2,523.46 ↑ +194%
MS BCBS Commercial $3,785.18 ↑ +342%
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital

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Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $653.20 $815.59 – $2,403.86
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $788.44 $818.83 – $2,388.26
64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo Yazoo City $346.04 $820.44 – $836.85
45-2896080 MBMC Leake Carthage $379.80 $820.44 – $836.85
64-0663760 BMH Booneville Booneville $853.20 $801.72 – $2,338.34

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