C-reactive protein, quantitative 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.

$5.40 with Cigna vs $26.03 with Humana — 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 $5.40
Cigna LocalKC $6.50
Cigna Comm $8.10
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $10.06
BCBS TRICARE $10.23
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $10.53
BCBS MCRPPO $10.53
BCBS MCRHMO $10.53
Humana MGMCRPPO $10.64
Humana PFFS $10.64
Devoted Health MGMCR $10.64
United KSMGMCD $10.64
United AllPayerAppendix $10.64
United VACCN $10.64
Humana MGMCRHMO $10.64
HealthyBlue MGMCD $10.85
Celtic MCR $10.85
United MGMCR $10.85
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $10.85
Wellcare MCR $10.85
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $10.96
Amerigroup MGMCD $11.07
Unicare MGMCD $11.07
Home State Health Plan MCD $11.17
Pyramid Life MCR $11.38
Aetna IVLHIX $14.36
Aetna KCCarePlus $15.00
Oscar HIX $16.17
United MOMGMCD $18.09
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $18.69
Aetna Local $20.11
CorVel Corporation KSWC $22.19
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $22.40
BCBS BlueAccess $22.40
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $22.40
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $22.78
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $23.13
Aetna National $24.69
Humana ASO $26.03
Humana POS $26.03
Humana HMO $26.03
Humana EPO $26.03
Humana PPO $26.03

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C-reactive protein, quantitative at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $8.80 $10.64 – $43.85
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $8.80 $10.64 – $43.85
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $8.80 $10.64 – $43.85
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $8.80 $10.64 – $43.85
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $8.80 $10.64 – $43.85
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $28.60 $9.58 – $19.15
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $72.15 $10.44 – $17.56
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $79.30 $9.46 – $39.40

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