Homovanillic acid (hva) 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

$43.00

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.

$172.00

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.

$21.51 with TriWest vs $154.80 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
TriWest Veterans Administration $21.51 ↓ -50%
Humana Tricare Behavioral Health $22.41 ↓ -48%
Veterans Evaluation Services Veterans Administration TPA $22.41 ↓ -48%
VACCN Veterans Administration $22.41 ↓ -48%
MS Breast and Cervical MS-BCCP $22.41 ↓ -48%
Humana Medicare $22.63 ↓ -47%
Devoted Health Medicare $22.86 ↓ -47%
Molina Medicaid $22.86 ↓ -47%
MS BCBS Medicare $23.08 ↓ -46%
Shared Health Medicare $23.53 ↓ -45%
American Health Plan Medicare $23.53 ↓ -45%
Aetna Medicare $23.53 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Commercial $26.60 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Options PPO $26.60 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare CHIP $27.04 ↓ -37%
MS BCBS Commercial $27.74 ↓ -35%
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $27.74 ↓ -35%
Magnolia MS Exchange $30.27 ↓ -30%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $38.10 ↓ -11%
Molina CHIP $39.22 ↓ -9%
Y K Auto Group Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Arlington Community Schools Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Armstrong Relocation Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Bartlett City Schools Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Brimhall Foods Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Building Plastic Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Burch Food Services Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Cannon Motor Company Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Carlisle Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
City of Bartlett Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
City of Lakeland Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Collierville Schools Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Crittenden County Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
EAS MSSC Schools Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
REI Nation Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Radians Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Retzer Resources Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Ritchey Automotive Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Security One Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Silver Tree Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
State Systems Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Town of Collierville Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
United TN Holdings Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Vaughn Electric Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
W G Yates Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
W W Wood Products Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Delta Industries Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
MINACT Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
First Choice Health Plan of MS HPN $40.34 ↓ -6%
First Community Bank Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
French Camp Academy Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Heartland Catfish Company Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Heavy Machines Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Hollowell Industries Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Jas D Collier Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Lakeland School System Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Malco Theaters Commercial $40.34 ↓ -6%
Molina Exchange $41.46 ↓ -4%
Harding Academy Commercial $44.82 ↑ +4%
Employers Health Network Commercial $44.82 ↑ +4%
MPCN PPO/HMO $44.82 ↑ +4%
Primewell Commercial $62.75 ↑ +46%
PPO Holdings Commercial $65.36 ↑ +52%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $68.80 ↑ +60%
Littler Commercial $86.00 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial $94.60 ↑ +120%
Aetna Commercial $107.67 ↑ +150%
Humana PPO $113.52 ↑ +164%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $120.40 ↑ +180%
Multiplan Complementary Network $129.00 ↑ +200%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $129.00 ↑ +200%
NovaSys All $129.00 ↑ +200%
Christian Health Aid Commercial $137.60 ↑ +220%
PPO Plus Commercial $146.20 ↑ +240%
QCA All $154.80 ↑ +260%

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Homovanillic acid (hva) at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $12.40 $21.29 – $62.75
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $12.65 $21.51 – $62.75

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