Tc-99m mebrofenin 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.

$71.87 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $497.59 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
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $71.87
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $102.84
NHC Advantage MGMCD $105.05
Oscar HIX $105.05
NHC Advantage MGMCR $105.05
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $110.58
HealthyBlue MGMCD $110.58
Humana HMO $116.66
Humana EPO $116.66
Humana ASO $116.66
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $121.63
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $121.63
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $121.63
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $137.11
United OptionsPPO $138.77
Humana POS $146.51
Humana PPO $146.51
BCBS PC $160.34
BCBS FreedomNetwork $160.34
Cigna LocalKC $163.21
BCBS BlueAccess $165.86
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $165.86
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $165.86
United AllPayerAppendix $187.21
Universal Healthcare MCR $193.51
Cigna Comm $204.01
Coventry WCOMP $222.26
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $226.68
College Park Family Care Center COMM $237.74
United GlobalBenefitPlan $248.80
BCBS Participating $254.32
BCBS Traditional $254.32
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $276.44
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $293.03
CorVel Corporation MOWC $359.37
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $409.13
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $442.30
Global Sports Services WCOMP $442.30
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $442.30
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $469.95
CCO, Inc. COMM $469.95
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $497.59

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Tc-99m mebrofenin at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $51.15 $56.42 – $56.42
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $51.15 $56.42 – $56.42
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $330.33 $121.48 – $121.48
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $51.15 $56.42 – $56.42
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $51.15 $56.42 – $56.42
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $51.15 $56.42 – $56.42
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $80.46 not published
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $190.45 $38.20 – $38.20

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