Smear special stain inclusion bodies/parasites 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

$57.75

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.

$231.00

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.

$5.75 with TriWest vs $207.90 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.

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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
TriWest Veterans Administration $5.75 ↓ -90%
VACCN Veterans Administration $5.99 ↓ -90%
MS Breast and Cervical MS-BCCP $5.99 ↓ -90%
Veterans Evaluation Services Veterans Administration TPA $5.99 ↓ -90%
Humana Tricare Behavioral Health $5.99 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare $6.05 ↓ -90%
Devoted Health Medicare $6.11 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicaid $6.11 ↓ -89%
MS BCBS Medicare $6.17 ↓ -89%
Shared Health Medicare $6.29 ↓ -89%
American Health Plan Medicare $6.29 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $6.29 ↓ -89%
Magnolia MS Exchange $8.09 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Options PPO $8.24 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Commercial $8.24 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare CHIP $8.37 ↓ -86%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $10.18 ↓ -82%
Molina CHIP $10.48 ↓ -82%
Y K Auto Group Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Lakeland School System Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Malco Theaters Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
REI Nation Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Radians Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Retzer Resources Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Ritchey Automotive Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Security One Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Silver Tree Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
State Systems Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Town of Collierville Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
United TN Holdings Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Vaughn Electric Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
W G Yates Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
W W Wood Products Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Delta Industries Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
MINACT Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Arlington Community Schools Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Armstrong Relocation Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Bartlett City Schools Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Brimhall Foods Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Building Plastic Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Burch Food Services Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Cannon Motor Company Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Carlisle Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
City of Bartlett Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
City of Lakeland Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Collierville Schools Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Crittenden County Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
EAS MSSC Schools Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
First Choice Health Plan of MS HPN $10.78 ↓ -81%
First Community Bank Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
French Camp Academy Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Heartland Catfish Company Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Heavy Machines Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Hollowell Industries Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Jas D Collier Commercial $10.78 ↓ -81%
Molina Exchange $11.08 ↓ -81%
Harding Academy Commercial $11.98 ↓ -79%
MPCN PPO/HMO $11.98 ↓ -79%
Employers Health Network Commercial $11.98 ↓ -79%
Primewell Commercial $16.77 ↓ -71%
MS BCBS Commercial $24.80 ↓ -57%
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $24.80 ↓ -57%
PPO Holdings Commercial $87.78 ↑ +52%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $92.40 ↑ +60%
Littler Commercial $115.50 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial $127.05 ↑ +120%
Aetna Commercial $144.61 ↑ +150%
Humana PPO $152.46 ↑ +164%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $161.70 ↑ +180%
NovaSys All $173.25 ↑ +200%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $173.25 ↑ +200%
Multiplan Complementary Network $173.25 ↑ +200%
Christian Health Aid Commercial $184.80 ↑ +220%
PPO Plus Commercial $196.35 ↑ +240%
QCA All $207.90 ↑ +260%

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