Specific gravity body fluid 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

$6.00

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.

$24.00

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.

$3.15 with TriWest vs $21.60 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 $3.15 ↓ -48%
Veterans Evaluation Services Veterans Administration TPA $3.28 ↓ -45%
VACCN Veterans Administration $3.28 ↓ -45%
MS Breast and Cervical MS-BCCP $3.28 ↓ -45%
Humana Tricare Behavioral Health $3.28 ↓ -45%
Humana Medicare $3.31 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicaid $3.35 ↓ -44%
Devoted Health Medicare $3.35 ↓ -44%
MS BCBS Medicare $3.38 ↓ -44%
Shared Health Medicare $3.44 ↓ -43%
American Health Plan Medicare $3.44 ↓ -43%
Aetna Medicare $3.44 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Options PPO $3.45 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Commercial $3.45 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare CHIP $3.50 ↓ -42%
Magnolia MS Exchange $4.43 ↓ -26%
MS BCBS Commercial $4.43 ↓ -26%
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $4.43 ↓ -26%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $5.58 ↓ -7%
Molina CHIP $5.74 ↓ -4%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Vaughn Electric Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
W G Yates Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
W W Wood Products Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Y K Auto Group Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Delta Industries Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
MINACT Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Heartland Catfish Company Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Heavy Machines Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Hollowell Industries Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
United TN Holdings Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Jas D Collier Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Lakeland School System Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Malco Theaters Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
REI Nation Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Radians Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Retzer Resources Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Ritchey Automotive Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Security One Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Silver Tree Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
State Systems Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Town of Collierville Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Arlington Community Schools Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Armstrong Relocation Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Bartlett City Schools Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Brimhall Foods Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Building Plastic Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Burch Food Services Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Cannon Motor Company Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Carlisle Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
City of Bartlett Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
City of Lakeland Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Collierville Schools Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Crittenden County Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
EAS MSSC Schools Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
First Choice Health Plan of MS HPN $5.90 ↓ -2%
First Community Bank Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
French Camp Academy Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $5.90 ↓ -2%
Molina Exchange $6.07 ↑ +1%
MPCN PPO/HMO $6.56 ↑ +9%
Employers Health Network Commercial $6.56 ↑ +9%
Harding Academy Commercial $6.56 ↑ +9%
PPO Holdings Commercial $9.12 ↑ +52%
Primewell Commercial $9.18 ↑ +53%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $9.60 ↑ +60%
Littler Commercial $12.00 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial $13.20 ↑ +120%
Aetna Commercial $15.02 ↑ +150%
Humana PPO $15.84 ↑ +164%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $16.80 ↑ +180%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $18.00 ↑ +200%
NovaSys All $18.00 ↑ +200%
Multiplan Complementary Network $18.00 ↑ +200%
Christian Health Aid Commercial $19.20 ↑ +220%
PPO Plus Commercial $20.40 ↑ +240%
QCA All $21.60 ↑ +260%

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64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $18.00 $3.12 – $9.18
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $7.13 $3.15 – $9.18
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