Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral additional (both sides) 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

$403.75

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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.

$1,615.00

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.

$57.56 with Aetna vs $1,453.50 with QCA — same scan, same building. Share

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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
Aetna Medicare $57.56 ↓ -86%
Magnolia MS Exchange $366.28 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare CHIP $426.00 ↑ +6%
United Healthcare Commercial $513.00 ↑ +27%
PPO Holdings Commercial $613.70 ↑ +52%
United Healthcare Options PPO $630.00 ↑ +56%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $646.00 ↑ +60%
Littler Commercial $807.50 ↑ +100%
Molina Exchange $807.50 ↑ +100%
Molina CHIP $807.50 ↑ +100%
MPCN PPO/HMO $839.80 ↑ +108%
Cigna Commercial $888.25 ↑ +120%
Primewell Commercial $969.00 ↑ +140%
Aetna Commercial $1,010.99 ↑ +150%
Humana PPO $1,065.90 ↑ +164%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $1,130.50 ↑ +180%
Multiplan Complementary Network $1,211.25 ↑ +200%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $1,211.25 ↑ +200%
NovaSys All $1,211.25 ↑ +200%
Christian Health Aid Commercial $1,292.00 ↑ +220%
PPO Plus Commercial $1,372.75 ↑ +240%
QCA All $1,453.50 ↑ +260%

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Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral additional (both sides) at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
45-2896080 MBMC Leake Carthage $561.60 $455.00 – $455.00
64-0663760 BMH Booneville Booneville not published $57.56 – $57.56

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