Tc-99m exametazime diag at CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER

19600 E 39TH ST, Independence, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1942247044

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

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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.

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.

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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.

$1,150.90 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $7,967.77 with FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc — 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

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

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
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $1,150.90
United AllPayerAppendix $1,530.72
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $1,646.67
NHC Advantage MGMCD $1,682.09
Oscar HIX $1,682.09
NHC Advantage MGMCR $1,682.09
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $1,770.62
HealthyBlue MGMCD $1,770.62
Humana HMO $1,868.00
Humana ASO $1,868.00
Humana EPO $1,868.00
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $1,947.68
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $1,947.68
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $2,195.56
United OptionsPPO $2,222.12
Humana POS $2,346.07
Humana PPO $2,346.07
BCBS PC $2,567.39
BCBS FreedomNetwork $2,567.39
Cigna LocalKC $2,613.43
BCBS BlueAccess $2,655.92
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $2,655.92
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $2,655.92
Universal Healthcare MCR $3,098.58
Cigna Comm $3,266.79
Coventry WCOMP $3,558.94
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $3,629.76
College Park Family Care Center COMM $3,806.82
United GlobalBenefitPlan $3,983.89
BCBS Participating $4,072.42
BCBS Traditional $4,072.42
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $4,426.54
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $4,692.13
CorVel Corporation MOWC $5,754.50
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $6,551.28
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $7,082.46
Global Sports Services WCOMP $7,082.46
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $7,082.46
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $7,525.12
CCO, Inc. COMM $7,525.12
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $7,967.77

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Tc-99m exametazime diag at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $525.80 $1,323.86 – $1,748.25
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $525.80 $1,323.86 – $1,748.25
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $2,900.15 $802.34 – $3,685.04
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $525.80 $1,323.86 – $1,748.25
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $525.80 $1,323.86 – $1,748.25
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $525.80 $1,323.86 – $1,748.25
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $471.30 $850.48 – $850.48
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $5,005.65 $347.61 – $2,502.40

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