Abscess imaging whole body 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

$499.00

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.

$1,996.00

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.

$383.52 with Magnolia MS vs $1,521.90 with QCA — 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
Magnolia MS Exchange $383.52 ↓ -23%
Aetna Medicare $473.48 ↓ -5%
PPO Holdings Commercial $642.58 ↑ +29%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $676.40 ↑ +36%
Molina CHIP $845.50 ↑ +69%
Molina Exchange $845.50 ↑ +69%
Littler Commercial $845.50 ↑ +69%
MPCN PPO/HMO $879.32 ↑ +76%
United Healthcare CHIP $903.00 ↑ +81%
Cigna Commercial $930.05 ↑ +86%
Primewell Commercial $1,014.60 ↑ +103%
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $1,014.60 ↑ +103%
Aetna Commercial $1,058.57 ↑ +112%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,087.00 ↑ +118%
Humana PPO $1,116.06 ↑ +124%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $1,183.70 ↑ +137%
NovaSys All $1,268.25 ↑ +154%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $1,268.25 ↑ +154%
Multiplan Complementary Network $1,268.25 ↑ +154%
MS BCBS Commercial $1,268.25 ↑ +154%
United Healthcare Options PPO $1,332.00 ↑ +167%
Christian Health Aid Commercial $1,352.80 ↑ +171%
PPO Plus Commercial $1,437.35 ↑ +188%
QCA All $1,521.90 ↑ +205%

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Abscess imaging whole body at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $390.20 $1,158.00 – $1,158.00
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $560.51 $39.00 – $1,027.00

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