Bundled special stain group 2 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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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.

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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.

$31.54 with Aetna Coventry vs $305.92 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
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $31.54
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $35.53
Cigna LocalKC $42.82
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $44.19
United KSMGMCD $52.51
Cigna Comm $53.29
HealthyBlue MGMCD $53.56
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $54.09
Unicare MGMCD $54.61
Amerigroup MGMCD $54.61
Home State Health Plan MCD $55.14
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $63.22
NHC Advantage MGMCD $64.58
NHC Advantage MGMCR $64.58
Oscar HIX $64.58
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $67.98
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $74.78
United OptionsPPO $85.32
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $85.66
United MOMGMCD $89.27
BCBS FreedomNetwork $98.57
BCBS PC $98.57
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $99.32
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $99.32
BCBS BlueAccess $99.32
CorVel Corporation KSWC $101.72
Aetna IVLHIX $104.01
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $104.39
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $106.00
Aetna KCCarePlus $111.83
Humana PPO $112.24
Humana EPO $112.24
Humana HMO $112.24
Humana POS $112.24
Humana ASO $112.24
Universal Healthcare MCR $118.97
Aetna Local $133.58
Coventry WCOMP $136.64
Aetna FHMedicalRental $136.64
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $139.36
College Park Family Care Center COMM $146.16
United GlobalBenefitPlan $152.96
BCBS Participating $156.36
BCBS Traditional $156.36
Aetna National $163.50
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $169.96
Aetna NATIONALNAP $173.35
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $180.15
CorVel Corporation MOWC $220.94
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $251.53
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $271.93
Global Sports Services WCOMP $271.93
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $288.92
CCO, Inc. COMM $288.92
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $305.92

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Bundled special stain group 2 at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $143.55 $33.84 – $190.38
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $143.55 $33.84 – $190.38
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $209.55 $33.84 – $159.92
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $143.55 $33.84 – $190.38
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $143.55 $33.84 – $190.38
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $143.55 $33.84 – $190.38
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $64.35 $30.46 – $239.87
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $107.90 $7.00 – $169.23

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