Tongue biopsy; posterior one-third 41105 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

$1,258.00

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.

$5,032.00

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.

$1,277.00 with United Healthcare vs $13,093.20 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
United Healthcare CHIP $1,277.00 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,536.00 ↑ +22%
United Healthcare Options PPO $1,884.00 ↑ +50%
PPO Holdings Commercial $1,912.16 ↑ +52%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $2,012.80 ↑ +60%
Littler Commercial $2,516.00 ↑ +100%
Molina Exchange $2,516.00 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial $2,767.60 ↑ +120%
TriWest Veterans Administration $2,847.72 ↑ +126%
Humana Tricare Behavioral Health $2,966.37 ↑ +136%
Veterans Evaluation Services Veterans Administration TPA $2,966.37 ↑ +136%
VACCN Veterans Administration $2,966.37 ↑ +136%
MS Breast and Cervical MS-BCCP $2,966.37 ↑ +136%
Humana Medicare $2,996.03 ↑ +138%
Devoted Health Medicare $3,025.70 ↑ +141%
Molina Medicaid $3,025.70 ↑ +141%
MS BCBS Medicare $3,055.36 ↑ +143%
American Health Plan Medicare $3,114.69 ↑ +148%
Aetna Medicare $3,114.69 ↑ +148%
Shared Health Medicare $3,114.69 ↑ +148%
Aetna Commercial $3,150.03 ↑ +150%
Humana PPO $3,321.12 ↑ +164%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $3,522.40 ↑ +180%
Multiplan Complementary Network $3,774.00 ↑ +200%
NovaSys All $3,774.00 ↑ +200%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $3,774.00 ↑ +200%
Magnolia MS Exchange $4,006.38 ↑ +218%
Christian Health Aid Commercial $4,025.60 ↑ +220%
PPO Plus Commercial $4,277.20 ↑ +240%
QCA All $4,528.80 ↑ +260%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $5,042.83 ↑ +301%
Molina CHIP $5,191.15 ↑ +313%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
REI Nation Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
Radians Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
Retzer Resources Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
Ritchey Automotive Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
Security One Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
Silver Tree Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
State Systems Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
Town of Collierville Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
United TN Holdings Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
Vaughn Electric Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
W G Yates Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
W W Wood Products Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
Delta Industries Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
MINACT Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
Y K Auto Group Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
Arlington Community Schools Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
Armstrong Relocation Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
Bartlett City Schools Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
Brimhall Foods Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
Building Plastic Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
Burch Food Services Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
Cannon Motor Company Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
Carlisle Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
City of Bartlett Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
City of Lakeland Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
Collierville Schools Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
Crittenden County Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
EAS MSSC Schools Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
First Choice Health Plan of MS HPN $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
First Community Bank Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
French Camp Academy Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
Heartland Catfish Company Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
Heavy Machines Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
Hollowell Industries Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
Jas D Collier Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
Lakeland School System Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
Malco Theaters Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $5,339.47 ↑ +324%
MPCN PPO/HMO $5,932.74 ↑ +372%
Harding Academy Commercial $5,932.74 ↑ +372%
Employers Health Network Commercial $5,932.74 ↑ +372%
Primewell Commercial $8,305.84 ↑ +560%
Advanced Health Systems Inc. Commercial $8,728.80 ↑ +594%
MS BCBS Commercial $13,093.20 ↑ +941%
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital

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