Brain image w/flow < 4 views at CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER
19600 E 39TH ST, Independence, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1942247044
$4,086.56
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.
$4,086.56
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 $3,677.90 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Sports Services | WCOMP | $25.00 | ↓ -99% |
| United | KSMGMCD | $218.05 | ↓ -95% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $222.41 | ↓ -95% |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $224.59 | ↓ -95% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $226.77 | ↓ -94% |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $226.77 | ↓ -94% |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $228.95 | ↓ -94% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $258.20 | ↓ -94% |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $306.61 | ↓ -92% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $314.68 | ↓ -92% |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $319.52 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $334.48 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $336.08 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $336.08 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $336.08 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | HMO | $339.80 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | EPO | $339.80 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | ASO | $339.80 | ↓ -92% |
| United | MOMGMCD | $370.69 | ↓ -91% |
| Humana | POS | $438.64 | ↓ -89% |
| Humana | PPO | $438.64 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $457.55 | ↓ -89% |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $531.25 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $545.40 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | Comm | $680.83 | ↓ -83% |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $760.10 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $776.45 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $776.45 | ↓ -81% |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $817.31 | ↓ -80% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $848.52 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $899.04 | ↓ -78% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,025.73 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | PC | $1,185.10 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $1,185.10 | ↓ -71% |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $1,430.30 | ↓ -65% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $1,642.80 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $1,642.80 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $1,675.49 | ↓ -59% |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $1,757.22 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $1,838.95 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,879.82 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS | Participating | $1,879.82 | ↓ -54% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $2,043.28 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $2,084.15 | ↓ -49% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $2,165.88 | ↓ -47% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $2,656.26 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $3,024.05 | ↓ -26% |
| Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $3,269.25 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $3,473.58 | ↓ -15% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $3,473.58 | ↓ -15% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $3,677.90 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | National | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Local | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | not published by hospital | — |
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Brain image w/flow < 4 views at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $574.75 | $197.89 – $605.20 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $574.75 | $197.89 – $605.20 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $385.00 | $227.23 – $485.70 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $574.75 | $197.89 – $754.24 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $574.75 | $197.89 – $605.20 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $574.75 | $197.89 – $605.20 |
| Mercy Hospital Aurora | Aurora | $1,016.60 | $46.00 – $527.53 |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast | Cape Girardeau | $780.65 | $264.27 – $1,568.32 |