Barium Enema (Colon X-ray, barium only) at CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER

19600 E 39TH ST, Independence, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1942247044

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

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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.

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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 $3,375.62 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 $101.17 —
HealthyBlue MGMCD $103.19 —
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $104.21 —
Unicare MGMCD $105.22 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $105.22 —
Aetna IVLHIX $110.56 —
Aetna KCCarePlus $122.03 —
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $150.85 —
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $158.49 —
Aetna Local $162.16 —
CorVel Corporation KSWC $179.13 —
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $183.85 —
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $186.67 —
Aetna National $199.83 —
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $216.87 —
BCBS BlueAccess $217.78 —
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $217.78 —
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $217.78 —
Cigna LocalKC $251.11 —
Cigna Comm $314.71 —
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 —
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $487.59 —
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $697.63 —
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $712.63 —
NHC Advantage MGMCD $712.63 —
NHC Advantage MGMCR $712.63 —
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $825.15 —
Humana EPO $847.66 —
Humana HMO $847.66 —
Humana ASO $847.66 —
United OptionsPPO $915.17 —
Humana POS $1,068.95 —
Humana PPO $1,068.95 —
BCBS PC $1,087.70 —
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,087.70 —
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,312.74 —
Coventry WCOMP $1,507.78 —
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,537.78 —
College Park Family Care Center COMM $1,612.80 —
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,687.81 —
BCBS Traditional $1,725.32 —
BCBS Participating $1,725.32 —
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,875.35 —
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,987.87 —
CorVel Corporation MOWC $2,437.95 —
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $2,775.51 —
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $3,000.55 —
CCO, Inc. COMM $3,188.09 —
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $3,188.09 —
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $3,375.62 —

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Barium Enema (Colon X-ray, barium only) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $460.35 $115.06 – $353.50
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $460.35 $115.06 – $353.50
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $413.05 $132.12 – $283.70
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $460.35 $115.06 – $357.10
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $460.35 $115.06 – $353.50
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $460.35 $115.06 – $353.50
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $590.04 $174.72 – $316.23
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $771.55 $49.00 – $233.71

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