Carotid intima atheroma eval at CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER
19600 E 39TH ST, Independence, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1942247044
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Cash price 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 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.
$35.39 with United vs $60.16 with United — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | KSMGMCD | $35.39 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $36.10 | — |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $36.45 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $36.81 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $36.81 | — |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $37.16 | — |
| United | MOMGMCD | $60.16 | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | National | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Local | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | not published by hospital | — |
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Carotid intima atheroma eval at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $759.55 | not published |
| LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER | Lee's Summit | not published | $35.39 – $37.16 |
| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $36.10 – $51.32 |
| LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER | Lexington | not published | $35.39 – $36.81 |
| RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $35.39 – $42.82 |