Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (with contrast) at 62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle
2520 5th St N, Columbus, MS · Baptistonline · · NPI 1609830173
$928.25
Cash price 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.
$3,713.00
Gross charge 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.
$313.59 with TriWest vs $3,341.70 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| TriWest | Veterans Administration | $313.59 | ↓ -66% |
| Humana Tricare | Behavioral Health | $326.66 | ↓ -65% |
| Veterans Evaluation Services | Veterans Administration TPA | $326.66 | ↓ -65% |
| MS Breast and Cervical | MS-BCCP | $326.66 | ↓ -65% |
| VACCN | Veterans Administration | $326.66 | ↓ -65% |
| Humana | Medicare | $329.93 | ↓ -64% |
| Devoted Health | Medicare | $333.19 | ↓ -64% |
| Molina | Medicaid | $333.19 | ↓ -64% |
| MS BCBS | Medicare | $336.46 | ↓ -64% |
| Shared Health | Medicare | $342.99 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $342.99 | ↓ -63% |
| American Health Plan | Medicare | $342.99 | ↓ -63% |
| Magnolia MS | Exchange | $441.19 | ↓ -52% |
| First State Bank Trust | Commercial | $555.32 | ↓ -40% |
| Molina | CHIP | $571.65 | ↓ -38% |
| Y K Auto Group | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Heavy Machines | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Hollowell Industries | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Hospitality Management Advisors | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Jas D Collier | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Lakeland School System | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Malco Theaters | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Mechanical Systems | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Mid-South Transport | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Patterson Warehouses | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| REI Nation | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Radians | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Retzer Resources | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Ritchey Automotive | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Security One | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Silver Tree | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| State Systems | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Town of Collierville | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| United TN Holdings | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Vaughn Electric | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| W G Yates | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| W W Wood Products | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Watkins Uiberall | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Delta Industries | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| MINACT | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Arlington Community Schools | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Armstrong Relocation | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Ashley Furniture Stores | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Bartlett City Schools | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Brimhall Foods | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Building Plastic | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Burch Food Services | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Cannon Motor Company | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Carlisle | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| City of Bartlett | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| City of Lakeland | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Collierville Schools | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Crittenden County | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Davidson Hospitality | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Dunn Investment Company | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| EAS MSSC Schools | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| First Choice Health Plan of MS | HPN | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| First Community Bank | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| French Camp Academy | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Gossett Motor Cars | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Hattiesburg Clinic | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Heartland Catfish Company | Commercial | $587.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Molina | Exchange | $604.32 | ↓ -35% |
| Employers Health Network | Commercial | $653.32 | ↓ -30% |
| Harding Academy | Commercial | $653.32 | ↓ -30% |
| MPCN | PPO/HMO | $653.32 | ↓ -30% |
| United Healthcare | CHIP | $768.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Primewell | Commercial | $914.65 | ↓ -1% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $924.00 | ↓ -0% |
| United Healthcare | Options PPO | $1,135.00 | ↑ +22% |
| PPO Holdings | Commercial | $1,410.94 | ↑ +52% |
| Magnolia Regional Health Center | Commercial | $1,485.20 | ↑ +60% |
| Littler | Commercial | $1,856.50 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $2,042.15 | ↑ +120% |
| Advanced Health Systems Inc. | Commercial | $2,227.80 | ↑ +140% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $2,324.34 | ↑ +150% |
| Humana | PPO | $2,450.58 | ↑ +164% |
| First Choice Health Plan of MS | Commercial | $2,599.10 | ↑ +180% |
| Multiplan | Complementary Network | $2,784.75 | ↑ +200% |
| Multiplan | MPI Primary Network | $2,784.75 | ↑ +200% |
| NovaSys | All | $2,784.75 | ↑ +200% |
| MS BCBS | Commercial | $2,784.75 | ↑ +200% |
| Christian Health Aid | Commercial | $2,970.40 | ↑ +220% |
| PPO Plus | Commercial | $3,156.05 | ↑ +240% |
| QCA | All | $3,341.70 | ↑ +260% |
| Tricare | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (with contrast) at other Mississippi hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64-0682111 BMH DeSoto | Southaven | $755.00 | $251.81 – $985.00 |
| 64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi | Oxford | $827.08 | $311.90 – $909.72 |
| 64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo | Yazoo City | $1,398.92 | $312.52 – $318.77 |
| 45-2896080 MBMC Leake | Carthage | $1,535.40 | $312.52 – $318.77 |
| 64-0663760 BMH Booneville | Booneville | $922.80 | $305.39 – $890.71 |