Cholesterol (Lipid) Test 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

$97.50

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.

$390.00

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.

$12.85 with TriWest vs $351.00 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
TriWest Veterans Administration $12.85 ↓ -87%
VACCN Veterans Administration $13.39 ↓ -86%
MS Breast and Cervical MS-BCCP $13.39 ↓ -86%
Humana Tricare Behavioral Health $13.39 ↓ -86%
Veterans Evaluation Services Veterans Administration TPA $13.39 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare $13.52 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicaid $13.66 ↓ -86%
Devoted Health Medicare $13.66 ↓ -86%
MS BCBS Medicare $13.79 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare $14.06 ↓ -86%
American Health Plan Medicare $14.06 ↓ -86%
Shared Health Medicare $14.06 ↓ -86%
Magnolia MS Exchange $18.08 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Options PPO $18.42 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Commercial $18.42 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare CHIP $18.72 ↓ -81%
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $19.03 ↓ -80%
MS BCBS Commercial $19.03 ↓ -80%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $22.76 ↓ -77%
Molina CHIP $23.43 ↓ -76%
Y K Auto Group Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Arlington Community Schools Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Armstrong Relocation Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Bartlett City Schools Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Brimhall Foods Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Building Plastic Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Burch Food Services Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Cannon Motor Company Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Carlisle Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
City of Bartlett Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
City of Lakeland Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Collierville Schools Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Crittenden County Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
EAS MSSC Schools Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
REI Nation Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Radians Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Retzer Resources Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Ritchey Automotive Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Security One Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Silver Tree Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
State Systems Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Town of Collierville Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
United TN Holdings Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Vaughn Electric Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
W G Yates Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
W W Wood Products Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Delta Industries Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
MINACT Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
First Choice Health Plan of MS HPN $24.10 ↓ -75%
First Community Bank Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
French Camp Academy Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Heartland Catfish Company Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Heavy Machines Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Hollowell Industries Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Jas D Collier Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Lakeland School System Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Malco Theaters Commercial $24.10 ↓ -75%
Molina Exchange $24.77 ↓ -75%
Harding Academy Commercial $26.78 ↓ -73%
Employers Health Network Commercial $26.78 ↓ -73%
MPCN PPO/HMO $26.78 ↓ -73%
Primewell Commercial $37.49 ↓ -62%
PPO Holdings Commercial $148.20 ↑ +52%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $156.00 ↑ +60%
Littler Commercial $195.00 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial $214.50 ↑ +120%
Aetna Commercial $244.14 ↑ +150%
Humana PPO $257.40 ↑ +164%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $273.00 ↑ +180%
Multiplan Complementary Network $292.50 ↑ +200%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $292.50 ↑ +200%
NovaSys All $292.50 ↑ +200%
Christian Health Aid Commercial $312.00 ↑ +220%
PPO Plus Commercial $331.50 ↑ +240%
QCA All $351.00 ↑ +260%

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