Knee Arthroscopy (Cartilage Smoothing) 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

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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.

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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.

$1,986.00 with United Healthcare vs $13,100.40 with MS BCBS — 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 $1,986.00 —
United Healthcare Commercial $2,390.00 —
TriWest Veterans Administration $2,849.07 —
United Healthcare Options PPO $2,935.00 —
MS Breast and Cervical MS-BCCP $2,967.78 —
Veterans Evaluation Services Veterans Administration TPA $2,967.78 —
Humana Tricare Behavioral Health $2,967.78 —
VACCN Veterans Administration $2,967.78 —
Humana Medicare $2,997.46 —
Devoted Health Medicare $3,027.14 —
Molina Medicaid $3,027.14 —
MS BCBS Medicare $3,056.81 —
Shared Health Medicare $3,116.17 —
American Health Plan Medicare $3,116.17 —
Aetna Medicare $3,116.17 —
Magnolia MS Exchange $4,008.28 —
First State Bank Trust Commercial $5,045.23 —
Molina CHIP $5,193.61 —
First Choice Health Plan of MS HPN $5,342.00 —
First Community Bank Commercial $5,342.00 —
French Camp Academy Commercial $5,342.00 —
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $5,342.00 —
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $5,342.00 —
Heartland Catfish Company Commercial $5,342.00 —
Heavy Machines Commercial $5,342.00 —
Hollowell Industries Commercial $5,342.00 —
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $5,342.00 —
Jas D Collier Commercial $5,342.00 —
Lakeland School System Commercial $5,342.00 —
Malco Theaters Commercial $5,342.00 —
Mechanical Systems Commercial $5,342.00 —
Mid-South Transport Commercial $5,342.00 —
MINACT Commercial $5,342.00 —
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $5,342.00 —
Radians Commercial $5,342.00 —
REI Nation Commercial $5,342.00 —
Retzer Resources Commercial $5,342.00 —
Ritchey Automotive Commercial $5,342.00 —
Security One Commercial $5,342.00 —
DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors Commercial $5,342.00 —
Arlington Community Schools Commercial $5,342.00 —
Armstrong Relocation Commercial $5,342.00 —
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $5,342.00 —
Bartlett City Schools Commercial $5,342.00 —
Brimhall Foods Commercial $5,342.00 —
Building Plastic Commercial $5,342.00 —
Burch Food Services Commercial $5,342.00 —
Cannon Motor Company Commercial $5,342.00 —
Carlisle Commercial $5,342.00 —
City of Bartlett Commercial $5,342.00 —
City of Lakeland Commercial $5,342.00 —
Collierville Schools Commercial $5,342.00 —
Crittenden County Commercial $5,342.00 —
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $5,342.00 —
Delta Industries Commercial $5,342.00 —
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $5,342.00 —
EAS MSSC Schools Commercial $5,342.00 —
State Systems Commercial $5,342.00 —
Town of Collierville Commercial $5,342.00 —
United TN Holdings Commercial $5,342.00 —
Vaughn Electric Commercial $5,342.00 —
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $5,342.00 —
W G Yates Commercial $5,342.00 —
W W Wood Products Commercial $5,342.00 —
Y K Auto Group Commercial $5,342.00 —
Silver Tree Commercial $5,342.00 —
Molina Exchange $5,490.39 —
MPCN PPO/HMO $5,935.56 —
Harding Academy Commercial $5,935.56 —
Employers Health Network Commercial $5,935.56 —
Primewell Commercial $8,309.78 —
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $8,733.60 —
MS BCBS Commercial $13,100.40 —
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital —

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Knee Arthroscopy (Cartilage Smoothing) at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
39-3714515 BMH Oktibbeha County STARKVILLE $1,132.80 $1,688.22 – $6,733.22
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven not published $2,822.54 – $8,319.05
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford not published $1,986.00 – $8,265.10

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