Abdominal MRI (without contrast) 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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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.

$25.00 with Global Sports Services vs $11,820.89 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
Global Sports Services WCOMP $25.00
United KSMGMCD $131.00
HealthyBlue MGMCD $133.62
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $134.93
Unicare MGMCD $136.24
Amerigroup MGMCD $136.24
Home State Health Plan MCD $137.55
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $204.16
United MOMGMCD $222.70
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $271.84
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $273.93
Cigna LocalKC $324.03
CorVel Corporation KSWC $325.29
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $333.85
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $338.99
Cigna Comm $404.49
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $620.56
BCBS BlueAccess $620.56
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $620.56
Humana HMO $702.18
Humana ASO $702.18
Humana EPO $702.18
Humana PPO $906.42
Humana POS $906.42
Aetna IVLHIX $1,074.00
Aetna KCCarePlus $1,125.00
Aetna Local $1,514.00
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $1,707.46
Aetna National $1,836.00
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $2,442.98
NHC Advantage MGMCR $2,495.52
NHC Advantage MGMCD $2,495.52
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $2,626.86
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $2,889.55
United OptionsPPO $3,296.71
BCBS FreedomNetwork $3,808.95
BCBS PC $3,808.95
Universal Healthcare MCR $4,597.01
Aetna FHMedicalRental $5,280.00
Coventry WCOMP $5,280.00
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $5,385.07
College Park Family Care Center COMM $5,647.76
United GlobalBenefitPlan $5,910.44
BCBS Traditional $6,041.79
BCBS Participating $6,041.79
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $6,567.16
Aetna NATIONALNAP $6,698.50
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $6,961.19
CorVel Corporation MOWC $8,537.31
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $9,719.40
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $10,507.46
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $11,164.17
CCO, Inc. COMM $11,164.17
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $11,820.89

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Abdominal MRI (without contrast) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,485.00 $238.99 – $987.30
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,485.00 $238.99 – $987.30
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,398.10 $234.21 – $952.55
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,485.00 $259.84 – $987.30
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,485.00 $238.99 – $987.30
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,485.00 $238.99 – $987.30
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $1,180.08 $237.67 – $430.18
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $2,085.85 $131.00 – $317.33

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