Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci at LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER

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

$450.79

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.

$450.79

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.

$19.83 with United vs $450.79 with Anthem MissouriCare — 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 $19.83 ↓ -96%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $83.85 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $85.65 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $85.65 ↓ -81%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $90.16 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $113.15 ↓ -75%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $117.21 ↓ -74%
Universal Healthcare MCR $117.21 ↓ -74%
Aetna Better Health MCD $135.24 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $152.37 ↓ -66%
Humana EPO $152.37 ↓ -66%
Humana ASO $152.37 ↓ -66%
BCBS BlueAccess $171.30 ↓ -62%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $171.30 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $171.30 ↓ -62%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $171.30 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $184.82 ↓ -59%
Humana POS $193.84 ↓ -57%
Humana PPO $193.84 ↓ -57%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $193.84 ↓ -57%
BCBS PC $193.84 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $202.86 ↓ -55%
Aetna IVLHIX $214.13 ↓ -52%
Oscar HIX $225.40 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $225.40 ↓ -50%
Aetna KCCarePlus $237.57 ↓ -47%
Cigna LocalKC $257.49 ↓ -43%
BCBS Traditional $288.51 ↓ -36%
BCBS Participating $288.51 ↓ -36%
Aetna Local $302.03 ↓ -33%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $321.64 ↓ -29%
Cigna Comm $321.86 ↓ -29%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $338.09 ↓ -25%
Aetna NAP $341.70 ↓ -24%
Aetna National $345.31 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $351.62 ↓ -22%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $359.73 ↓ -20%
Coventry WCOMP $359.73 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $383.17 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $383.17 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $383.17 ↓ -15%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $394.44 ↓ -13%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $405.71 ↓ -10%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $450.79 ↑ +0%

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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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