Injection radioactive tracer sentinel node (both sides) at 39-3714515 BMH Oktibbeha County

400 HOSPITAL DRIVE, STARKVILLE, MS · Baptistonline · · NPI 1154310514

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 30, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$306.08

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.

$478.25

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.

$306.21 with MSCAN_TRUECARE vs $822.66 with MPCN — 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
MSCAN_TRUECARE MSCAN TRUECARE $306.21 ↑ +0%
MSCAN_MAGNOLIA MSCAN MAGNOLIA $306.21 ↑ +0%
MSCAN_MOLINA MSCAN MOLINA $306.21 ↑ +0%
AMBETTER AMBETTER INSURANCE EXCHANGE $311.00 ↑ +2%
VA_PCCC VA PATIENT CENTERED COMMUNITY CARE $327.43 ↑ +7%
FOXEVERETT FOX EVERETT $334.78 ↑ +9%
HUMANA HUMANA COMMERCIAL $334.78 ↑ +9%
HEALTHLINK HEALTH LINK $334.78 ↑ +9%
TRICARE TRICARE $344.67 ↑ +13%
HUMANA_MA HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $344.67 ↑ +13%
MEDICARE MEDICARE $344.67 ↑ +13%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $358.69 ↑ +17%
PPOPLUS PPOPLUS $358.69 ↑ +17%
UNITED-STUDENT UNITED HEALTHCARE STUDENT $358.69 ↑ +17%
MPEEBT MS PUBLIC ENTITY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT TRUST $406.51 ↑ +33%
GROUP_PENSION GROUP AND PENSION ADMINISTRATORS $430.43 ↑ +41%
UNITED-INTEGRATED UNITEDHEALTH INTEGRATED $430.43 ↑ +41%
MOLINA_CHIP MOLINA CHIP $444.00 ↑ +45%
NORTH AMERICA ADMIN NORTH AMERICA ADMINISTRATORS $478.25 ↑ +56%
UNITED UNITED HEALTHCARE $478.25 ↑ +56%
STATE_OF_MS STATE OF MS BLUE CROSS $478.25 ↑ +56%
GOLDEN RULE GOLDEN RULE $478.25 ↑ +56%
CIGNA CIGNA $478.25 ↑ +56%
MPCN-CHIP MPCN- MAGNOLIA CHIP $478.25 ↑ +56%
UMR UMR $478.25 ↑ +56%
BLUECROSS BLUE CROSS OF MS $478.25 ↑ +56%
MPCN MPCN- COMMERCIAL BUSINESS $822.66 ↑ +169%

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Injection radioactive tracer sentinel node (both sides) at other Mississippi hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven $152.40 $349.56 – $1,030.29
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford $184.00 $350.95 – $1,023.60
64-0362400 Anderson Regional Main Campus Meridian $153.12 $363.87 – $826.99
62-1519754 BMH Golden Triangle Columbus $174.00 $352.85 – $1,029.14
64-0881013 MBMC Jackson Jackson $173.88 $364.80 – $1,021.44
64-0362400 Anderson Regional South Campus Meridian $278.40 $361.51 – $805.34
64-0663760 BMH Booneville Booneville $182.64 $343.61 – $1,002.20

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