Knee MRI (without 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

$1,025.00

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.

$4,100.00

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.

$212.26 with TriWest vs $3,690.00 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 $212.26 ↓ -79%
Humana Tricare Behavioral Health $221.10 ↓ -78%
Veterans Evaluation Services Veterans Administration TPA $221.10 ↓ -78%
MS Breast and Cervical MS-BCCP $221.10 ↓ -78%
VACCN Veterans Administration $221.10 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare $223.31 ↓ -78%
Devoted Health Medicare $225.52 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicaid $225.52 ↓ -78%
MS BCBS Medicare $227.73 ↓ -78%
Shared Health Medicare $232.16 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $232.16 ↓ -77%
American Health Plan Medicare $232.16 ↓ -77%
Magnolia MS Exchange $298.62 ↓ -71%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $375.87 ↓ -63%
Molina CHIP $386.93 ↓ -62%
Y K Auto Group Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Heavy Machines Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Hollowell Industries Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Jas D Collier Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Lakeland School System Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Malco Theaters Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
REI Nation Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Radians Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Retzer Resources Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Ritchey Automotive Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Security One Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Silver Tree Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
State Systems Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Town of Collierville Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
United TN Holdings Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Vaughn Electric Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
W G Yates Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
W W Wood Products Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Delta Industries Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
MINACT Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Arlington Community Schools Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Armstrong Relocation Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Bartlett City Schools Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Brimhall Foods Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Building Plastic Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Burch Food Services Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Cannon Motor Company Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Carlisle Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
City of Bartlett Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
City of Lakeland Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Collierville Schools Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Crittenden County Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
EAS MSSC Schools Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
First Choice Health Plan of MS HPN $397.98 ↓ -61%
First Community Bank Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
French Camp Academy Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Heartland Catfish Company Commercial $397.98 ↓ -61%
Molina Exchange $409.04 ↓ -60%
Employers Health Network Commercial $442.20 ↓ -57%
Harding Academy Commercial $442.20 ↓ -57%
MPCN PPO/HMO $442.20 ↓ -57%
Primewell Commercial $619.08 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare CHIP $939.00 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,130.00 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare Options PPO $1,387.00 ↑ +35%
PPO Holdings Commercial $1,558.00 ↑ +52%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $1,640.00 ↑ +60%
Littler Commercial $2,050.00 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial $2,255.00 ↑ +120%
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $2,460.00 ↑ +140%
Aetna Commercial $2,566.60 ↑ +150%
Humana PPO $2,706.00 ↑ +164%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $2,870.00 ↑ +180%
Multiplan Complementary Network $3,075.00 ↑ +200%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $3,075.00 ↑ +200%
NovaSys All $3,075.00 ↑ +200%
MS BCBS Commercial $3,075.00 ↑ +200%
Christian Health Aid Commercial $3,280.00 ↑ +220%
PPO Plus Commercial $3,485.00 ↑ +240%
QCA All $3,690.00 ↑ +260%
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital

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Knee MRI (without contrast) at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $748.80 $210.27 – $1,204.00
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $1,230.27 $211.11 – $1,068.00
64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo Yazoo City $998.76 $211.52 – $215.75
45-2896080 MBMC Leake Carthage $1,096.20 $211.52 – $215.75
64-0663760 BMH Booneville Booneville $1,058.40 $206.70 – $602.87

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