Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with and without contrast) 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

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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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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 $11,815.75 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

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

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 $206.69
HealthyBlue MGMCD $210.82
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $212.89
Amerigroup MGMCD $214.96
Unicare MGMCD $214.96
Home State Health Plan MCD $217.02
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $326.74
United MOMGMCD $351.37
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $426.64
Cigna LocalKC $508.55
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $536.75
Cigna Comm $634.84
CorVel Corporation KSWC $637.39
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $654.17
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $664.23
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
Aetna IVLHIX $1,074.00
Aetna KCCarePlus $1,125.00
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $1,224.42
BCBS BlueAccess $1,224.42
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $1,224.42
Humana ASO $1,386.43
Humana EPO $1,386.43
Humana HMO $1,386.43
Aetna Local $1,514.00
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $1,706.72
Humana PPO $1,789.72
Humana POS $1,789.72
Aetna National $1,836.00
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $2,441.92
NHC Advantage MGMCR $2,494.44
NHC Advantage MGMCD $2,494.44
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $2,625.72
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $2,888.29
United OptionsPPO $3,295.28
BCBS PC $3,807.30
BCBS FreedomNetwork $3,807.30
Universal Healthcare MCR $4,595.01
Coventry WCOMP $5,277.70
Aetna FHMedicalRental $5,277.70
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $5,382.73
College Park Family Care Center COMM $5,645.30
United GlobalBenefitPlan $5,907.87
BCBS Traditional $6,039.16
BCBS Participating $6,039.16
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $6,564.31
Aetna NATIONALNAP $6,695.59
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $6,958.16
CorVel Corporation MOWC $8,533.60
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $9,715.17
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $10,502.89
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $11,159.32
CCO, Inc. COMM $11,159.32
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $11,815.75

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Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with and without contrast) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,828.75 $349.44 – $1,934.80
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,828.75 $349.44 – $1,934.80
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $2,530.00 $342.45 – $1,866.70
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,828.75 $481.69 – $1,934.80
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,828.75 $349.44 – $1,934.80
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,828.75 $349.44 – $1,934.80
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $1,399.86 $347.51 – $628.99
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $2,427.75 $206.69 – $468.85

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