Mayo alkaloids definitive assay nicotine/cotinine 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

$124.75

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.

$499.00

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.

$0.01 with Aetna vs $288.90 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
Aetna Medicare $0.01 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare CHIP $40.85 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Commercial $40.85 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Options PPO $40.85 ↓ -67%
Magnolia MS Exchange $72.80 ↓ -42%
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $76.00 ↓ -39%
MS BCBS Commercial $76.00 ↓ -39%
PPO Holdings Commercial $121.98 ↓ -2%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $128.40 ↑ +3%
Molina Exchange $160.50 ↑ +29%
Molina CHIP $160.50 ↑ +29%
Littler Commercial $160.50 ↑ +29%
MPCN PPO/HMO $166.92 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial $176.55 ↑ +42%
Primewell Commercial $192.60 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial $200.95 ↑ +61%
Humana PPO $211.86 ↑ +70%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $224.70 ↑ +80%
NovaSys All $240.75 ↑ +93%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $240.75 ↑ +93%
Multiplan Complementary Network $240.75 ↑ +93%
Christian Health Aid Commercial $256.80 ↑ +106%
PPO Plus Commercial $272.85 ↑ +119%
QCA All $288.90 ↑ +132%

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Mayo alkaloids definitive assay nicotine/cotinine at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $107.40 $0.01 – $76.00
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $159.62 $0.01 – $76.00
64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo Yazoo City $131.61 $76.00 – $76.00
45-2896080 MBMC Leake Carthage $144.45 $76.00 – $76.00
64-0663760 BMH Booneville Booneville $77.04 $0.01 – $76.00

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