Calcitonin stimul panel 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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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.

$40.75 with Cigna vs $196.63 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share

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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
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $40.75
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $47.76
Cigna LocalKC $49.11
CorVel Corporation KSWC $56.72
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $58.21
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $59.10
Cigna Comm $61.12
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $75.95
BCBS TRICARE $77.30
BCBS MCRHMO $79.57
BCBS MCRPPO $79.57
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $79.57
United VACCN $80.37
Humana PFFS $80.37
Humana MGMCRHMO $80.37
Humana MGMCRPPO $80.37
Devoted Health MGMCR $80.37
United AllPayerAppendix $80.37
Celtic MCR $81.98
Wellcare MCR $81.98
United MGMCR $81.98
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $81.98
Pyramid Life MCR $86.00
Aetna IVLHIX $108.50
Aetna KCCarePlus $113.32
Oscar HIX $122.16
Aetna Local $151.90
BCBS BlueAccess $157.35
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $157.35
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $157.35
Aetna National $186.46
Humana HMO $196.63
Humana ASO $196.63
Humana EPO $196.63
Humana POS $196.63
Humana PPO $196.63

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Calcitonin stimul panel at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $80.37 – $135.49
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $80.37 – $135.49
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $57.23 – $135.49
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $80.37 – $135.49
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $80.37 – $135.49
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $80.37 – $135.49
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $72.33 – $144.67
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton not published $80.37 – $135.49

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