Braf gene 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

$1,944.70

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.

$1,944.70

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.

$88.93 with Cigna vs $1,750.23 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
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $88.93 ↓ -95%
Cigna LocalKC $107.17 ↓ -94%
Cigna Comm $133.39 ↓ -93%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $165.75 ↓ -91%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $173.65 ↓ -91%
BCBS MCRHMO $173.65 ↓ -91%
BCBS MCRPPO $173.65 ↓ -91%
Devoted Health MGMCR $175.40 ↓ -91%
Humana PFFS $175.40 ↓ -91%
Humana MGMCRHMO $175.40 ↓ -91%
Humana MGMCRPPO $175.40 ↓ -91%
United VACCN $175.40 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $175.40 ↓ -91%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $178.91 ↓ -91%
Celtic MCR $178.91 ↓ -91%
United MGMCR $178.91 ↓ -91%
Wellcare MCR $178.91 ↓ -91%
Pyramid Life MCR $187.68 ↓ -90%
Aetna IVLHIX $236.79 ↓ -88%
Aetna KCCarePlus $247.32 ↓ -87%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $252.81 ↓ -87%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $252.81 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $266.61 ↓ -86%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $300.21 ↓ -85%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $308.11 ↓ -84%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $312.85 ↓ -84%
Aetna Local $331.51 ↓ -83%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $361.71 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $369.49 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $369.49 ↓ -81%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $388.94 ↓ -80%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $388.94 ↓ -80%
Aetna National $406.93 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $410.33 ↓ -79%
Humana ASO $410.33 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $410.33 ↓ -79%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $427.83 ↓ -78%
United OptionsPPO $488.12 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $515.35 ↓ -73%
Humana POS $515.35 ↓ -73%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $563.96 ↓ -71%
BCBS PC $563.96 ↓ -71%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $583.41 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $583.41 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $583.41 ↓ -70%
Universal Healthcare MCR $680.64 ↓ -65%
Coventry WCOMP $781.77 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $781.77 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $797.33 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $836.22 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $875.12 ↓ -55%
BCBS Participating $894.56 ↓ -54%
BCBS Traditional $894.56 ↓ -54%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $972.35 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $991.80 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,030.69 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $1,264.06 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $1,439.08 ↓ -26%
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,555.76 ↓ -20%
Global Sports Services WCOMP $1,555.76 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1,652.99 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $1,652.99 ↓ -15%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1,750.23 ↓ -10%

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