Contrast baths charges at 62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle
2520 5th St N, Columbus, MS · Baptistonline · · NPI 1609830173
$41.25
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.
$165.00
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.
$9.40 with Aetna vs $237.00 with United Healthcare — 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 | $9.40 | ↓ -77% |
| MS BCBS | Commercial | $15.06 | ↓ -63% |
| Advanced Health Systems Inc. | Commercial | $15.06 | ↓ -63% |
| Magnolia MS | Exchange | $37.42 | ↓ -9% |
| PPO Holdings | Commercial | $62.70 | ↑ +52% |
| Magnolia Regional Health Center | Commercial | $66.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Littler | Commercial | $82.50 | ↑ +100% |
| Molina | Exchange | $82.50 | ↑ +100% |
| Molina | CHIP | $82.50 | ↑ +100% |
| MPCN | PPO/HMO | $85.80 | ↑ +108% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $90.75 | ↑ +120% |
| Primewell | Commercial | $99.00 | ↑ +140% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $103.29 | ↑ +150% |
| Humana | PPO | $108.90 | ↑ +164% |
| First Choice Health Plan of MS | Commercial | $115.50 | ↑ +180% |
| NovaSys | All | $123.75 | ↑ +200% |
| Multiplan | MPI Primary Network | $123.75 | ↑ +200% |
| Multiplan | Complementary Network | $123.75 | ↑ +200% |
| Christian Health Aid | Commercial | $132.00 | ↑ +220% |
| PPO Plus | Commercial | $140.25 | ↑ +240% |
| QCA | All | $148.50 | ↑ +260% |
| United Healthcare | CHIP | $160.00 | ↑ +288% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $187.00 | ↑ +353% |
| United Healthcare | Options PPO | $237.00 | ↑ +475% |
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Contrast baths charges at other Mississippi hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64-0682111 BMH DeSoto | Southaven | $41.40 | $9.40 – $206.00 |
| 64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi | Oxford | $46.92 | $9.40 – $181.00 |
| 64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo | Yazoo City | $29.93 | $15.06 – $15.06 |
| 45-2896080 MBMC Leake | Carthage | $32.85 | $15.06 – $15.06 |
| 64-0663760 BMH Booneville | Booneville | $47.76 | $9.40 – $15.06 |