Contrast x-ray of brain 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

$568.50

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.

$2,274.00

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.

$258.00 with United Healthcare vs $2,046.60 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 $258.00 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Commercial $310.00 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Options PPO $380.00 ↓ -33%
TriWest Veterans Administration $693.74 ↑ +22%
MS Breast and Cervical MS-BCCP $722.65 ↑ +27%
Humana Tricare Behavioral Health $722.65 ↑ +27%
Veterans Evaluation Services Veterans Administration TPA $722.65 ↑ +27%
VACCN Veterans Administration $722.65 ↑ +27%
Humana Medicare $729.88 ↑ +28%
Devoted Health Medicare $737.10 ↑ +30%
Molina Medicaid $737.10 ↑ +30%
MS BCBS Medicare $744.33 ↑ +31%
Shared Health Medicare $758.78 ↑ +33%
Aetna Medicare $758.78 ↑ +33%
American Health Plan Medicare $758.78 ↑ +33%
PPO Holdings Commercial $864.12 ↑ +52%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $909.60 ↑ +60%
Magnolia MS Exchange $976.01 ↑ +72%
Littler Commercial $1,137.00 ↑ +100%
Molina Exchange $1,137.00 ↑ +100%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $1,228.51 ↑ +116%
Cigna Commercial $1,250.70 ↑ +120%
Molina CHIP $1,264.64 ↑ +122%
Y K Auto Group Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Arlington Community Schools Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Armstrong Relocation Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Bartlett City Schools Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Brimhall Foods Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Building Plastic Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Burch Food Services Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Cannon Motor Company Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Carlisle Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
City of Bartlett Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
City of Lakeland Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Collierville Schools Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Crittenden County Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
EAS MSSC Schools Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
First Choice Health Plan of MS HPN $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
First Community Bank Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
French Camp Academy Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
REI Nation Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Radians Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Retzer Resources Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Ritchey Automotive Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Security One Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Silver Tree Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
State Systems Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Town of Collierville Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
United TN Holdings Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Vaughn Electric Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
W G Yates Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
W W Wood Products Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Delta Industries Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
MINACT Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Heartland Catfish Company Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Heavy Machines Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Hollowell Industries Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Jas D Collier Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Lakeland School System Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Malco Theaters Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +129%
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $1,364.40 ↑ +140%
Aetna Commercial $1,423.52 ↑ +150%
Harding Academy Commercial $1,445.30 ↑ +154%
MPCN PPO/HMO $1,445.30 ↑ +154%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,445.30 ↑ +154%
Humana PPO $1,500.84 ↑ +164%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $1,591.80 ↑ +180%
MS BCBS Commercial $1,705.50 ↑ +200%
NovaSys All $1,705.50 ↑ +200%
Multiplan Complementary Network $1,705.50 ↑ +200%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $1,705.50 ↑ +200%
Christian Health Aid Commercial $1,819.20 ↑ +220%
PPO Plus Commercial $1,932.90 ↑ +240%
Primewell Commercial $2,023.42 ↑ +256%
QCA All $2,046.60 ↑ +260%
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital

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Contrast x-ray of brain at other Mississippi hospitals

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64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $523.02 $39.00 – $2,012.53

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