Pulse ox single at 62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle
2520 5th St N, Columbus, MS · Baptistonline · · NPI 1609830173
$52.00
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.
$208.00
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.
$2.20 with Aetna vs $671.00 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.
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 | $2.20 | ↓ -96% |
| Magnolia MS | Exchange | $6.12 | ↓ -88% |
| PPO Holdings | Commercial | $10.26 | ↓ -80% |
| Magnolia Regional Health Center | Commercial | $10.80 | ↓ -79% |
| Littler | Commercial | $13.50 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | Exchange | $13.50 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | CHIP | $13.50 | ↓ -74% |
| MPCN | PPO/HMO | $14.04 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $14.85 | ↓ -71% |
| Primewell | Commercial | $16.20 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $16.90 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | PPO | $17.82 | ↓ -66% |
| First Choice Health Plan of MS | Commercial | $18.90 | ↓ -64% |
| Multiplan | Complementary Network | $20.25 | ↓ -61% |
| NovaSys | All | $20.25 | ↓ -61% |
| Multiplan | MPI Primary Network | $20.25 | ↓ -61% |
| Christian Health Aid | Commercial | $21.60 | ↓ -58% |
| PPO Plus | Commercial | $22.95 | ↓ -56% |
| QCA | All | $24.30 | ↓ -53% |
| United Healthcare | CHIP | $454.00 | ↑ +773% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $547.00 | ↑ +952% |
| United Healthcare | Options PPO | $671.00 | ↑ +1190% |
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Pulse ox single at other Mississippi hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64-0682111 BMH DeSoto | Southaven | $41.60 | $2.13 – $582.00 |
| 64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi | Oxford | $47.84 | $2.20 – $517.00 |
| 64-0663760 BMH Booneville | Booneville | $49.92 | $2.20 – $2.20 |