Caffeine citrate 20 mg/ml inj for po 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

$33.66

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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.

$33.66

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.

$0.83 with United vs $30.29 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
United KSMGMCD $0.83 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $0.85 ↓ -97%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $0.85 ↓ -97%
Unicare MGMCD $0.86 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $0.86 ↓ -97%
Home State Health Plan MCD $0.87 ↓ -97%
United MOMGMCD $1.41 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.35 ↓ -90%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $7.41 ↓ -78%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $7.41 ↓ -78%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $7.41 ↓ -78%
United OptionsPPO $8.45 ↓ -75%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $9.76 ↓ -71%
BCBS PC $9.76 ↓ -71%
BCBS BlueAccess $10.10 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $10.10 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $10.10 ↓ -70%
Coventry WCOMP $13.53 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $13.80 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $15.15 ↓ -55%
BCBS Participating $15.48 ↓ -54%
BCBS Traditional $15.48 ↓ -54%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $16.83 ↓ -50%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $21.88 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $24.91 ↓ -26%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $26.93 ↓ -20%
Global Sports Services WCOMP $26.93 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $28.61 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $28.61 ↓ -15%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $30.29 ↓ -10%

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Caffeine citrate 20 mg/ml inj for po at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $131.53 $9.96 – $21.24
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $65.01 $24.72 – $24.72
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $36.27 $9.96 – $35.40
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $11.37 $0.85 – $1.20
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City $11.25 $0.83 – $1.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $1.41 – $1.41
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $1.41 – $1.41
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $2.60 – $2.60

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