Prolng svc o/p 1st hour 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

$15.75

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.

$63.00

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.

$14.29 with Magnolia MS vs $237.00 with United Healthcare — 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
Magnolia MS Exchange $14.29 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare $17.64 ↑ +12%
PPO Holdings Commercial $23.94 ↑ +52%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $25.20 ↑ +60%
Littler Commercial $31.50 ↑ +100%
Molina Exchange $31.50 ↑ +100%
Molina CHIP $31.50 ↑ +100%
MPCN PPO/HMO $32.76 ↑ +108%
Cigna Commercial $34.65 ↑ +120%
Primewell Commercial $37.80 ↑ +140%
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $37.80 ↑ +140%
Aetna Commercial $39.44 ↑ +150%
Humana PPO $41.58 ↑ +164%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $44.10 ↑ +180%
MS BCBS Commercial $47.25 ↑ +200%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $47.25 ↑ +200%
NovaSys All $47.25 ↑ +200%
Multiplan Complementary Network $47.25 ↑ +200%
Christian Health Aid Commercial $50.40 ↑ +220%
PPO Plus Commercial $53.55 ↑ +240%
QCA All $56.70 ↑ +260%
United Healthcare CHIP $160.00 ↑ +916%
United Healthcare Commercial $193.00 ↑ +1125%
United Healthcare Options PPO $237.00 ↑ +1405%

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