Tc-99m labeled rbc 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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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.

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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.

$179.67 with United vs $2,361.83 with FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc — 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 AllPayerAppendix $179.67
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $341.15
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $488.11
Oscar HIX $498.61
NHC Advantage MGMCR $498.61
NHC Advantage MGMCD $498.61
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $524.85
HealthyBlue MGMCD $524.85
Humana EPO $553.72
Humana ASO $553.72
Humana HMO $553.72
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $577.34
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $577.34
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $577.34
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $650.82
United OptionsPPO $658.69
Humana POS $695.43
Humana PPO $695.43
BCBS PC $761.04
BCBS FreedomNetwork $761.04
Cigna LocalKC $774.68
BCBS BlueAccess $787.28
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $787.28
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $787.28
Universal Healthcare MCR $918.49
Cigna Comm $968.35
Coventry WCOMP $1,054.95
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,075.95
College Park Family Care Center COMM $1,128.43
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,180.92
BCBS Participating $1,207.16
BCBS Traditional $1,207.16
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,312.13
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,390.86
CorVel Corporation MOWC $1,705.77
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $1,941.95
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $2,099.41
Global Sports Services WCOMP $2,099.41
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,099.41
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $2,230.62
CCO, Inc. COMM $2,230.62
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $2,361.83

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Tc-99m labeled rbc at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $148.50 $95.27 – $95.27
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $148.50 $95.27 – $95.27
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $493.93 $215.00 – $215.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $148.50 $95.27 – $95.27
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $148.50 $95.27 – $95.27
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $148.50 $95.27 – $95.27
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $201.16 not published
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $341.90 $53.92 – $53.92

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