Assay of corticosterone at CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER
19600 E 39TH ST, Independence, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1942247044
$579.39
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.
$579.39
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.
$11.42 with Cigna vs $521.45 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 | $11.42 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $13.76 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | Comm | $17.13 | ↓ -97% |
| United | KSMGMCD | $19.14 | ↓ -97% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $19.52 | ↓ -97% |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $19.71 | ↓ -97% |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $19.91 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $19.91 | ↓ -97% |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $20.10 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $21.28 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | TRICARE | $21.66 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $22.29 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $22.29 | ↓ -96% |
| Coventry | MedicareAdvantage | $22.29 | ↓ -96% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $22.52 | ↓ -96% |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $22.52 | ↓ -96% |
| Humana | PFFS | $22.52 | ↓ -96% |
| Humana | MGMCRHMO | $22.52 | ↓ -96% |
| Humana | MGMCRPPO | $22.52 | ↓ -96% |
| United | VACCN | $22.52 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | HealthspringMGMCR | $22.97 | ↓ -96% |
| Wellcare | MCR | $22.97 | ↓ -96% |
| United | MGMCR | $22.97 | ↓ -96% |
| Celtic | MCR | $22.97 | ↓ -96% |
| Pyramid Life | MCR | $24.10 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $30.40 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $31.75 | ↓ -95% |
| United | MOMGMCD | $32.54 | ↓ -94% |
| Oscar | HIX | $34.23 | ↓ -94% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $39.98 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | Local | $42.56 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $47.41 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $47.41 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $47.41 | ↓ -92% |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $47.47 | ↓ -92% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $48.72 | ↓ -92% |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $49.47 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | National | $52.24 | ↓ -91% |
| Humana | POS | $52.59 | ↓ -91% |
| Humana | ASO | $52.59 | ↓ -91% |
| Humana | HMO | $52.59 | ↓ -91% |
| Humana | EPO | $52.59 | ↓ -91% |
| Humana | PPO | $52.59 | ↓ -91% |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $75.32 | ↓ -87% |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $107.77 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $110.08 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $110.08 | ↓ -81% |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $115.88 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $127.47 | ↓ -78% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $145.43 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | PC | $168.02 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $168.02 | ↓ -71% |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $202.79 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $232.91 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $232.91 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $237.55 | ↓ -59% |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $249.14 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $260.73 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | Participating | $266.52 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $266.52 | ↓ -54% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $289.69 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $295.49 | ↓ -49% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $307.08 | ↓ -47% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $376.60 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $428.75 | ↓ -26% |
| Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $463.51 | ↓ -20% |
| Global Sports Services | WCOMP | $463.51 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $492.48 | ↓ -15% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $492.48 | ↓ -15% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $521.45 | ↓ -10% |
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Assay of corticosterone at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospital Lincoln | Troy | $131.95 | $22.52 – $31.89 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $135.85 | $17.16 – $131.77 |
| LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER | Lee's Summit | $489.33 | $11.42 – $49.47 |
| LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER | Lexington | $278.10 | $19.14 – $49.47 |
| RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER | Kansas City | $370.71 | $11.42 – $49.47 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | not published | $22.52 – $92.85 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | not published | $22.52 – $92.85 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | not published | $22.07 – $48.09 |