New Patient Office Visit (level 2) at 62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle
2520 5th St N, Columbus, MS · Baptistonline · · NPI 1609830173
$81.00
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.
$324.00
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.
$39.14 with Aetna vs $241.20 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 |
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| Aetna | Medicare | $39.14 | ↓ -52% |
| Magnolia MS | Exchange | $60.78 | ↓ -25% |
| PPO Holdings | Commercial | $101.84 | ↑ +26% |
| Magnolia Regional Health Center | Commercial | $107.20 | ↑ +32% |
| MS BCBS | Commercial | $122.15 | ↑ +51% |
| Advanced Health Systems Inc. | Commercial | $122.15 | ↑ +51% |
| Molina | CHIP | $134.00 | ↑ +65% |
| Molina | Exchange | $134.00 | ↑ +65% |
| Littler | Commercial | $134.00 | ↑ +65% |
| MPCN | PPO/HMO | $139.36 | ↑ +72% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $147.40 | ↑ +82% |
| United Healthcare | CHIP | $160.00 | ↑ +98% |
| Primewell | Commercial | $160.80 | ↑ +99% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $167.77 | ↑ +107% |
| Humana | PPO | $176.88 | ↑ +118% |
| First Choice Health Plan of MS | Commercial | $187.60 | ↑ +132% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $193.00 | ↑ +138% |
| NovaSys | All | $201.00 | ↑ +148% |
| Multiplan | MPI Primary Network | $201.00 | ↑ +148% |
| Multiplan | Complementary Network | $201.00 | ↑ +148% |
| Christian Health Aid | Commercial | $214.40 | ↑ +165% |
| PPO Plus | Commercial | $227.80 | ↑ +181% |
| United Healthcare | Options PPO | $237.00 | ↑ +193% |
| QCA | All | $241.20 | ↑ +198% |
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New Patient Office Visit (level 2) at other Mississippi hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64-0682111 BMH DeSoto | Southaven | $64.80 | $39.14 – $206.00 |
| 64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi | Oxford | $74.52 | $39.14 – $181.00 |
| 64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo | Yazoo City | $204.18 | $122.15 – $122.15 |
| 45-2896080 MBMC Leake | Carthage | $224.10 | $122.15 – $122.15 |
| 64-0663760 BMH Booneville | Booneville | $77.76 | $39.14 – $122.15 |