Oropharyngeal biopsy 42800 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

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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.

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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.

$780.00 with United Healthcare vs $5,979.60 with MS BCBS — 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
United Healthcare CHIP $780.00
United Healthcare Commercial $939.00
United Healthcare Options PPO $1,151.00
TriWest Veterans Administration $1,300.70
Veterans Evaluation Services Veterans Administration TPA $1,354.90
MS Breast and Cervical MS-BCCP $1,354.90
Humana Tricare Behavioral Health $1,354.90
VACCN Veterans Administration $1,354.90
Humana Medicare $1,368.45
Devoted Health Medicare $1,382.00
Molina Medicaid $1,382.00
MS BCBS Medicare $1,395.55
Shared Health Medicare $1,422.64
American Health Plan Medicare $1,422.64
Aetna Medicare $1,422.64
Magnolia MS Exchange $1,829.93
First State Bank Trust Commercial $2,303.33
Molina CHIP $2,371.07
First Choice Health Plan of MS HPN $2,438.82
First Community Bank Commercial $2,438.82
French Camp Academy Commercial $2,438.82
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $2,438.82
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $2,438.82
Heartland Catfish Company Commercial $2,438.82
Heavy Machines Commercial $2,438.82
Hollowell Industries Commercial $2,438.82
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $2,438.82
Jas D Collier Commercial $2,438.82
Lakeland School System Commercial $2,438.82
Malco Theaters Commercial $2,438.82
Mechanical Systems Commercial $2,438.82
Mid-South Transport Commercial $2,438.82
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $2,438.82
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $2,438.82
Arlington Community Schools Commercial $2,438.82
Armstrong Relocation Commercial $2,438.82
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $2,438.82
Bartlett City Schools Commercial $2,438.82
Brimhall Foods Commercial $2,438.82
Building Plastic Commercial $2,438.82
Burch Food Services Commercial $2,438.82
Cannon Motor Company Commercial $2,438.82
Carlisle Commercial $2,438.82
City of Bartlett Commercial $2,438.82
City of Lakeland Commercial $2,438.82
Collierville Schools Commercial $2,438.82
Crittenden County Commercial $2,438.82
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $2,438.82
DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors Commercial $2,438.82
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $2,438.82
EAS MSSC Schools Commercial $2,438.82
Town of Collierville Commercial $2,438.82
United TN Holdings Commercial $2,438.82
Vaughn Electric Commercial $2,438.82
W G Yates Commercial $2,438.82
W W Wood Products Commercial $2,438.82
Y K Auto Group Commercial $2,438.82
Delta Industries Commercial $2,438.82
MINACT Commercial $2,438.82
REI Nation Commercial $2,438.82
Radians Commercial $2,438.82
Retzer Resources Commercial $2,438.82
Ritchey Automotive Commercial $2,438.82
Security One Commercial $2,438.82
Silver Tree Commercial $2,438.82
State Systems Commercial $2,438.82
Molina Exchange $2,506.57
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,709.80
Harding Academy Commercial $2,709.80
MPCN PPO/HMO $2,709.80
Primewell Commercial $3,793.72
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $3,986.40
MS BCBS Commercial $5,979.60
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital

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