Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci 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.

$1.78 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $19.83 with United — 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 $1.78
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $2.55
NHC Advantage MGMCD $2.61
Oscar HIX $2.61
NHC Advantage MGMCR $2.61
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $2.74
HealthyBlue MGMCD $2.74
Humana HMO $2.89
Humana EPO $2.89
Humana ASO $2.89
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $3.02
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $3.02
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $3.02
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $3.40
United OptionsPPO $3.44
Humana POS $3.64
Humana PPO $3.64
BCBS PC $3.98
BCBS FreedomNetwork $3.98
Cigna LocalKC $4.05
BCBS BlueAccess $4.12
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $4.12
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $4.12
Universal Healthcare MCR $4.80
Cigna Comm $5.06
Coventry WCOMP $5.52
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $5.63
College Park Family Care Center COMM $5.90
United GlobalBenefitPlan $6.17
BCBS Participating $6.31
BCBS Traditional $6.31
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $6.86
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $7.27
CorVel Corporation MOWC $8.92
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $10.15
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $10.98
Global Sports Services WCOMP $10.98
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $10.98
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $11.66
CCO, Inc. COMM $11.66
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $12.35
United AllPayerAppendix $19.83

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Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $5.50 $1.70 – $1.70
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $5.50 $1.70 – $1.70
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $68.10 $3.63 – $3.63
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $5.50 $1.70 – $1.70
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $5.50 $1.70 – $1.70
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $5.50 $1.70 – $1.70
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $3.45 not published
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $27.95 $0.20 – $0.20

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