Knee MRI (with contrast) 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

$1,025.50

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.

$4,102.00

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.

$693.74 with TriWest vs $3,691.80 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 $693.74 ↓ -32%
VACCN Veterans Administration $722.65 ↓ -30%
Humana Tricare Behavioral Health $722.65 ↓ -30%
Veterans Evaluation Services Veterans Administration TPA $722.65 ↓ -30%
MS Breast and Cervical MS-BCCP $722.65 ↓ -30%
Humana Medicare $729.88 ↓ -29%
Devoted Health Medicare $737.10 ↓ -28%
Molina Medicaid $737.10 ↓ -28%
MS BCBS Medicare $744.33 ↓ -27%
Aetna Medicare $758.78 ↓ -26%
American Health Plan Medicare $758.78 ↓ -26%
Shared Health Medicare $758.78 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare CHIP $939.00 ↓ -8%
Magnolia MS Exchange $976.01 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,130.00 ↑ +10%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $1,228.51 ↑ +20%
Molina CHIP $1,264.64 ↑ +23%
Y K Auto Group Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Jas D Collier Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Lakeland School System Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Malco Theaters Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
REI Nation Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Radians Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Retzer Resources Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Ritchey Automotive Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Security One Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Silver Tree Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
State Systems Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Town of Collierville Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
United TN Holdings Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Vaughn Electric Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
W G Yates Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
W W Wood Products Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Delta Industries Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
MINACT Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Arlington Community Schools Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Armstrong Relocation Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Bartlett City Schools Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Brimhall Foods Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Building Plastic Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Burch Food Services Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Cannon Motor Company Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Carlisle Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
City of Bartlett Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
City of Lakeland Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Collierville Schools Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Crittenden County Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
EAS MSSC Schools Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
First Choice Health Plan of MS HPN $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
First Community Bank Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
French Camp Academy Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Heartland Catfish Company Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Heavy Machines Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Hollowell Industries Commercial $1,300.77 ↑ +27%
Molina Exchange $1,336.90 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare Options PPO $1,387.00 ↑ +35%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,445.30 ↑ +41%
Harding Academy Commercial $1,445.30 ↑ +41%
MPCN PPO/HMO $1,445.30 ↑ +41%
PPO Holdings Commercial $1,558.76 ↑ +52%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $1,640.80 ↑ +60%
Primewell Commercial $2,023.42 ↑ +97%
Littler Commercial $2,051.00 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial $2,256.10 ↑ +120%
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $2,461.20 ↑ +140%
Aetna Commercial $2,567.85 ↑ +150%
Humana PPO $2,707.32 ↑ +164%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $2,871.40 ↑ +180%
Multiplan Complementary Network $3,076.50 ↑ +200%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $3,076.50 ↑ +200%
MS BCBS Commercial $3,076.50 ↑ +200%
NovaSys All $3,076.50 ↑ +200%
Christian Health Aid Commercial $3,281.60 ↑ +220%
PPO Plus Commercial $3,486.70 ↑ +240%
QCA All $3,691.80 ↑ +260%
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital

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Knee MRI (with contrast) at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $817.00 $445.25 – $2,025.69
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $1,093.88 $690.01 – $2,012.53
64-0663760 BMH Booneville Booneville $1,228.32 $675.59 – $1,970.47

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