Consultation/report referred material w/preparation of slides 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

$65.75

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.

$263.00

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.

$32.75 with United Healthcare vs $236.70 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
United Healthcare CHIP $32.75 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Options PPO $38.10 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Commercial $38.10 ↓ -42%
TriWest Veterans Administration $46.92 ↓ -29%
MS Breast and Cervical MS-BCCP $48.87 ↓ -26%
Humana Tricare Behavioral Health $48.87 ↓ -26%
Veterans Evaluation Services Veterans Administration TPA $48.87 ↓ -26%
VACCN Veterans Administration $48.87 ↓ -26%
Humana Medicare $49.36 ↓ -25%
Devoted Health Medicare $49.85 ↓ -24%
Molina Medicaid $49.85 ↓ -24%
MS BCBS Medicare $50.34 ↓ -23%
Shared Health Medicare $51.31 ↓ -22%
American Health Plan Medicare $51.31 ↓ -22%
Aetna Medicare $51.31 ↓ -22%
Magnolia MS Exchange $66.00 ↑ +0%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $83.08 ↑ +26%
Molina CHIP $85.52 ↑ +30%
Y K Auto Group Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Jas D Collier Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Lakeland School System Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Malco Theaters Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
REI Nation Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Radians Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Retzer Resources Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Ritchey Automotive Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Security One Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Silver Tree Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
State Systems Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Town of Collierville Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
United TN Holdings Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Vaughn Electric Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
W G Yates Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
W W Wood Products Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Delta Industries Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
MINACT Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Arlington Community Schools Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Armstrong Relocation Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Bartlett City Schools Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Brimhall Foods Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Building Plastic Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Burch Food Services Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Cannon Motor Company Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Carlisle Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
City of Bartlett Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
City of Lakeland Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Collierville Schools Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Crittenden County Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
EAS MSSC Schools Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
First Choice Health Plan of MS HPN $87.97 ↑ +34%
First Community Bank Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
French Camp Academy Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Heartland Catfish Company Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Heavy Machines Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Hollowell Industries Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $87.97 ↑ +34%
Molina Exchange $90.41 ↑ +38%
Employers Health Network Commercial $97.74 ↑ +49%
Harding Academy Commercial $97.74 ↑ +49%
MPCN PPO/HMO $97.74 ↑ +49%
PPO Holdings Commercial $99.94 ↑ +52%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $105.20 ↑ +60%
Littler Commercial $131.50 ↑ +100%
Primewell Commercial $136.84 ↑ +108%
Cigna Commercial $144.65 ↑ +120%
Aetna Commercial $164.64 ↑ +150%
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $172.76 ↑ +163%
MS BCBS Commercial $172.76 ↑ +163%
Humana PPO $173.58 ↑ +164%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $184.10 ↑ +180%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $197.25 ↑ +200%
NovaSys All $197.25 ↑ +200%
Multiplan Complementary Network $197.25 ↑ +200%
Christian Health Aid Commercial $210.40 ↑ +220%
PPO Plus Commercial $223.55 ↑ +240%
QCA All $236.70 ↑ +260%
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital

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