F-18 sodium fluoride 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

$273.25

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,093.00

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.

$215.90 with Magnolia MS vs $856.76 with QCA — same scan, same building. Share

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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
Magnolia MS Exchange $215.90 ↓ -21%
Aetna Medicare $249.36 ↓ -9%
PPO Holdings Commercial $361.74 ↑ +32%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $380.78 ↑ +39%
United Healthcare CHIP $428.38 ↑ +57%
Molina CHIP $475.98 ↑ +74%
Molina Exchange $475.98 ↑ +74%
Littler Commercial $475.98 ↑ +74%
MPCN PPO/HMO $495.02 ↑ +81%
Cigna Commercial $523.58 ↑ +92%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $552.14 ↑ +102%
Primewell Commercial $571.18 ↑ +109%
Aetna Commercial $595.93 ↑ +118%
Humana PPO $628.29 ↑ +130%
NovaSys All $713.97 ↑ +161%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $713.97 ↑ +161%
Multiplan Complementary Network $713.97 ↑ +161%
Christian Health Aid Commercial $761.57 ↑ +179%
PPO Plus Commercial $809.17 ↑ +196%
QCA All $856.76 ↑ +214%

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F-18 sodium fluoride at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $218.60 $249.36 – $249.36
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $251.39 $249.36 – $249.36
64-0663760 BMH Booneville Booneville $228.47 $249.36 – $249.36

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