Echo tee guidance at 62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle
2520 5th St N, Columbus, MS · Baptistonline · · NPI 1609830173
$709.75
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.
$2,839.00
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.
$236.33 with Aetna vs $2,555.10 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.
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 | $236.33 | ↓ -67% |
| Magnolia MS | Exchange | $643.89 | ↓ -9% |
| PPO Holdings | Commercial | $1,078.82 | ↑ +52% |
| Magnolia Regional Health Center | Commercial | $1,135.60 | ↑ +60% |
| United Healthcare | CHIP | $1,222.00 | ↑ +72% |
| Littler | Commercial | $1,419.50 | ↑ +100% |
| Molina | Exchange | $1,419.50 | ↑ +100% |
| Molina | CHIP | $1,419.50 | ↑ +100% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1,471.00 | ↑ +107% |
| MPCN | PPO/HMO | $1,476.28 | ↑ +108% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,561.45 | ↑ +120% |
| Primewell | Commercial | $1,703.40 | ↑ +140% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $1,777.21 | ↑ +150% |
| United Healthcare | Options PPO | $1,805.00 | ↑ +154% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,873.74 | ↑ +164% |
| First Choice Health Plan of MS | Commercial | $1,987.30 | ↑ +180% |
| Multiplan | Complementary Network | $2,129.25 | ↑ +200% |
| Multiplan | MPI Primary Network | $2,129.25 | ↑ +200% |
| NovaSys | All | $2,129.25 | ↑ +200% |
| Christian Health Aid | Commercial | $2,271.20 | ↑ +220% |
| PPO Plus | Commercial | $2,413.15 | ↑ +240% |
| QCA | All | $2,555.10 | ↑ +260% |
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Echo tee guidance at other Mississippi hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64-0682111 BMH DeSoto | Southaven | $567.80 | $228.55 – $1,567.00 |
| 64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi | Oxford | $652.97 | $236.33 – $1,391.00 |