Aluminum - quest at CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER
19600 E 39TH ST, Independence, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1942247044
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Cash price 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 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.
$12.92 with Cigna vs $535.51 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $12.92 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $15.57 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $19.38 | — |
| United | KSMGMCD | $21.66 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $22.09 | — |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $22.31 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $22.53 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $22.53 | — |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $22.74 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $24.08 | — |
| BCBS | TRICARE | $24.51 | — |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $25.23 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $25.23 | — |
| Coventry | MedicareAdvantage | $25.23 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $25.48 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $25.48 | — |
| Humana | PFFS | $25.48 | — |
| Humana | MGMCRHMO | $25.48 | — |
| Humana | MGMCRPPO | $25.48 | — |
| United | VACCN | $25.48 | — |
| Cigna | HealthspringMGMCR | $25.99 | — |
| Wellcare | MCR | $25.99 | — |
| United | MGMCR | $25.99 | — |
| Celtic | MCR | $25.99 | — |
| Pyramid Life | MCR | $27.26 | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $34.40 | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $35.93 | — |
| United | MOMGMCD | $36.82 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $38.73 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $45.16 | — |
| Aetna | Local | $48.16 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $53.63 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $53.67 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $53.67 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $53.67 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $55.04 | — |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $55.89 | — |
| Aetna | National | $59.12 | — |
| Humana | POS | $62.34 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $62.34 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $62.34 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $62.34 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $62.34 | — |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $77.35 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $110.67 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $113.05 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $113.05 | — |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $119.00 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $130.90 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $149.35 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $172.55 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $172.55 | — |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $208.25 | — |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $239.19 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $239.19 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $243.95 | — |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $255.85 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $267.75 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $273.70 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $273.70 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $297.50 | — |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $303.46 | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $315.36 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $386.76 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $440.31 | — |
| Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $476.01 | — |
| Global Sports Services | WCOMP | $476.01 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $505.76 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $505.76 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $535.51 | — |
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Aluminum - quest at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $64.35 | $25.48 – $105.08 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $64.35 | $25.48 – $105.08 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $201.85 | $24.97 – $54.43 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $64.35 | $25.48 – $105.08 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $64.35 | $25.48 – $105.08 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $64.35 | $25.48 – $105.08 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $73.15 | $22.93 – $45.86 |
| Mercy Hospital Aurora | Aurora | $91.00 | $12.47 – $35.31 |