Epoprostenol (arginine) 1 mg in 50 ml ns inhalation syringe - cnr 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

$60.60

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.

$242.40

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.

$15.86 with Aetna vs $90.24 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
Aetna Medicare $15.86 ↓ -74%
Magnolia MS Exchange $22.74 ↓ -62%
PPO Holdings Commercial $38.10 ↓ -37%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $40.11 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare CHIP $45.12 ↓ -26%
Molina CHIP $50.13 ↓ -17%
Molina Exchange $50.13 ↓ -17%
Littler Commercial $50.13 ↓ -17%
MPCN PPO/HMO $52.14 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial $55.15 ↓ -9%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $58.16 ↓ -4%
Primewell Commercial $60.16 ↓ -1%
Aetna Commercial $62.77 ↑ +4%
Humana PPO $66.18 ↑ +9%
NovaSys All $75.20 ↑ +24%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $75.20 ↑ +24%
Multiplan Complementary Network $75.20 ↑ +24%
Christian Health Aid Commercial $80.22 ↑ +32%
PPO Plus Commercial $85.23 ↑ +41%
QCA All $90.24 ↑ +49%

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Epoprostenol (arginine) 1 mg in 50 ml ns inhalation syringe - cnr at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $48.48 $15.86 – $20.34
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $55.75 $15.86 – $15.86
64-0663760 BMH Booneville Booneville $58.18 $15.86 – $15.86

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