Puncture spinal lumbar diagnostic 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

$277.25

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.

$1,109.00

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.

$255.25 with Behavioral Health Systems vs $2,795.90 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
Behavioral Health Systems Behavioral Health $255.25 ↓ -8%
PPO Holdings Commercial $387.98 ↑ +40%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $408.40 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare CHIP $459.45 ↑ +66%
Molina Exchange $510.50 ↑ +84%
Littler Commercial $510.50 ↑ +84%
Cigna Commercial $561.55 ↑ +103%
TriWest Veterans Administration $608.09 ↑ +119%
Veterans Evaluation Services Veterans Administration TPA $633.43 ↑ +128%
MS Breast and Cervical MS-BCCP $633.43 ↑ +128%
VACCN Veterans Administration $633.43 ↑ +128%
Humana Tricare Behavioral Health $633.43 ↑ +128%
Aetna Commercial $639.15 ↑ +131%
Humana Medicare $639.76 ↑ +131%
Molina Medicaid $646.10 ↑ +133%
Devoted Health Medicare $646.10 ↑ +133%
MS BCBS Medicare $652.43 ↑ +135%
American Health Plan Medicare $665.10 ↑ +140%
Aetna Medicare $665.10 ↑ +140%
Shared Health Medicare $665.10 ↑ +140%
Humana PPO $673.86 ↑ +143%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $714.70 ↑ +158%
NovaSys All $765.75 ↑ +176%
Multiplan Complementary Network $765.75 ↑ +176%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $765.75 ↑ +176%
Christian Health Aid Commercial $816.80 ↑ +195%
Magnolia MS Exchange $855.51 ↑ +209%
PPO Plus Commercial $867.85 ↑ +213%
QCA All $918.90 ↑ +231%
United Healthcare Commercial $939.00 ↑ +239%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $1,076.83 ↑ +288%
Molina CHIP $1,108.50 ↑ +300%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
REI Nation Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
Radians Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
Retzer Resources Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
Ritchey Automotive Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
Security One Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
Silver Tree Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
State Systems Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
Town of Collierville Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
United TN Holdings Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
Vaughn Electric Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
W G Yates Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
W W Wood Products Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
Delta Industries Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
MINACT Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
Y K Auto Group Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
Arlington Community Schools Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
Armstrong Relocation Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
Bartlett City Schools Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
Brimhall Foods Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
Building Plastic Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
Burch Food Services Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
Cannon Motor Company Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
Carlisle Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
City of Bartlett Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
City of Lakeland Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
Collierville Schools Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
Crittenden County Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
EAS MSSC Schools Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
First Choice Health Plan of MS HPN $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
First Community Bank Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
French Camp Academy Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
Heartland Catfish Company Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
Heavy Machines Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
Hollowell Industries Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
Jas D Collier Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
Lakeland School System Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
Malco Theaters Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $1,140.17 ↑ +311%
United Healthcare Options PPO $1,151.00 ↑ +315%
Harding Academy Commercial $1,266.86 ↑ +357%
MPCN PPO/HMO $1,266.86 ↑ +357%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,266.86 ↑ +357%
Primewell Commercial $1,773.60 ↑ +540%
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $1,863.94 ↑ +572%
MS BCBS Commercial $2,795.90 ↑ +908%
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital

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64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $254.60 $602.43 – $1,775.59
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