Brain image 4+ views 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 $7,111.40 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 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $234.60 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $278.59 | — |
| United | KSMGMCD | $283.02 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $285.92 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $288.68 | — |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $290.32 | — |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $291.51 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $294.34 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $294.34 | — |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $297.17 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $305.99 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $305.99 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $305.99 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $307.95 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $307.95 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $307.95 | — |
| Humana | POS | $397.53 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $397.53 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $434.20 | — |
| United | MOMGMCD | $481.13 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $599.63 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $714.75 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $892.24 | — |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $1,027.20 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,101.15 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $1,469.69 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $1,501.30 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $1,501.30 | — |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $1,580.31 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $1,738.34 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,983.29 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $2,291.45 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $2,291.45 | — |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $2,765.55 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $3,176.43 | — |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $3,176.43 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $3,239.64 | — |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $3,397.67 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $3,555.70 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,634.72 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $3,634.72 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $3,950.78 | — |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $4,029.80 | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $4,187.83 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $5,136.01 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $5,847.15 | — |
| Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $6,321.25 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $6,716.33 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $6,716.33 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $7,111.40 | — |
| Aetna | National | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Local | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Brain image 4+ views at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $616.55 | $179.62 – $652.62 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $616.55 | $179.62 – $652.62 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $616.55 | $179.62 – $978.80 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $616.55 | $179.62 – $652.62 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $616.55 | $179.62 – $652.62 |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast | Cape Girardeau | $999.05 | $314.02 – $2,130.09 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $3,463.85 | $43.00 – $1,732.99 |
| SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton | Fenton | $616.55 | $179.62 – $652.62 |