Als 1 at 62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle
2520 5th St N, Columbus, MS · Baptistonline · · NPI 1609830173
$592.00
Cash price 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.
$2,368.00
Gross charge 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.
$255.53 with Aetna vs $2,131.20 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare | $255.53 | ↓ -57% |
| Advanced Health Systems Inc. | Commercial | $357.00 | ↓ -40% |
| MS BCBS | Commercial | $357.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Magnolia MS | Exchange | $537.06 | ↓ -9% |
| PPO Holdings | Commercial | $899.84 | ↑ +52% |
| United Healthcare | CHIP | $919.00 | ↑ +55% |
| Magnolia Regional Health Center | Commercial | $947.20 | ↑ +60% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1,107.00 | ↑ +87% |
| United Healthcare | Options PPO | $1,181.00 | ↑ +99% |
| Littler | Commercial | $1,184.00 | ↑ +100% |
| Molina | Exchange | $1,184.00 | ↑ +100% |
| Molina | CHIP | $1,184.00 | ↑ +100% |
| MPCN | PPO/HMO | $1,231.36 | ↑ +108% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,302.40 | ↑ +120% |
| Primewell | Commercial | $1,420.80 | ↑ +140% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $1,482.37 | ↑ +150% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,562.88 | ↑ +164% |
| First Choice Health Plan of MS | Commercial | $1,657.60 | ↑ +180% |
| NovaSys | All | $1,776.00 | ↑ +200% |
| Multiplan | MPI Primary Network | $1,776.00 | ↑ +200% |
| Multiplan | Complementary Network | $1,776.00 | ↑ +200% |
| Christian Health Aid | Commercial | $1,894.40 | ↑ +220% |
| PPO Plus | Commercial | $2,012.80 | ↑ +240% |
| QCA | All | $2,131.20 | ↑ +260% |
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Als 1 at other Mississippi hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi | Oxford | $544.64 | $255.53 – $1,046.00 |
| 64-0663760 BMH Booneville | Booneville | $596.88 | $255.53 – $357.00 |