Assay of urine urobilinogen 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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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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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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$3.07 with Cigna vs $14.03 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $3.07
Cigna LocalKC $3.69
Cigna Comm $4.60
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $5.72
BCBS TRICARE $5.82
BCBS MCRPPO $5.99
BCBS MCRHMO $5.99
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $5.99
Humana MGMCRPPO $6.05
United VACCN $6.05
Devoted Health MGMCR $6.05
United AllPayerAppendix $6.05
Humana PFFS $6.05
Humana MGMCRHMO $6.05
Wellcare MCR $6.17
United MGMCR $6.17
Celtic MCR $6.17
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $6.17
Pyramid Life MCR $6.47
United KSMGMCD $7.23
HealthyBlue MGMCD $7.37
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $7.45
Amerigroup MGMCD $7.52
Unicare MGMCD $7.52
Home State Health Plan MCD $7.59
Aetna IVLHIX $8.16
Aetna KCCarePlus $8.53
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $8.82
Oscar HIX $9.20
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $9.86
BCBS BlueAccess $9.86
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $9.86
CorVel Corporation KSWC $10.48
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $10.75
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $10.92
Aetna Local $11.43
United MOMGMCD $12.29
Humana ASO $12.29
Humana POS $12.29
Humana HMO $12.29
Humana EPO $12.29
Humana PPO $12.29
Aetna National $14.03

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Assay of urine urobilinogen at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $6.05 – $20.74
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $6.05 – $20.74
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $5.93 – $10.74
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $6.05 – $20.74
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $6.05 – $20.74
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $6.05 – $20.74
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $5.45 – $10.89
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton not published $6.05 – $20.74

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