Barium Swallow (Esophagus X-ray) 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.
$25.00 with Global Sports Services vs $2,002.35 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 |
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| Global Sports Services | WCOMP | $25.00 | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $76.36 | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $84.28 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $85.14 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $101.11 | — |
| United | KSMGMCD | $101.17 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $103.19 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $103.77 | — |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $104.21 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $105.22 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $105.22 | — |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $105.37 | — |
| Aetna | Local | $111.99 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $121.66 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $121.66 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $121.66 | — |
| Aetna | National | $138.01 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $158.49 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $216.87 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $251.11 | — |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $289.23 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $314.71 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $401.74 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $413.82 | — |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $422.72 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $422.72 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $422.72 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $489.46 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $502.81 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $502.81 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $502.81 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $542.86 | — |
| Humana | POS | $634.08 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $634.08 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $645.20 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $645.20 | — |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $778.69 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $894.38 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $912.18 | — |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $956.68 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $1,001.17 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $1,023.42 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,023.42 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $1,112.41 | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $1,179.16 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $1,446.14 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $1,646.37 | — |
| Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $1,779.86 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $1,891.11 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $1,891.11 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $2,002.35 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Barium Swallow (Esophagus X-ray) at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $254.10 | $65.25 – $210.82 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $254.10 | $65.25 – $210.82 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $275.00 | $74.92 – $226.76 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $254.10 | $65.25 – $357.10 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $254.10 | $65.25 – $210.82 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $254.10 | $65.25 – $210.82 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $422.95 | $115.54 – $316.23 |
| Mercy Hospital Aurora | Aurora | $436.15 | $36.00 – $233.71 |