Cefepime 1 gram solution for injection 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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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.

$0.87 with United vs $42.61 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 $0.87
HealthyBlue MGMCD $0.89
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $0.90
Unicare MGMCD $0.90
Amerigroup MGMCD $0.90
BCBS TRICARE $1.20
Home State Health Plan MCD $1.26
United AllPayerAppendix $1.44
United MOMGMCD $2.04
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $10.41
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $10.41
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $10.41
United OptionsPPO $11.88
BCBS FreedomNetwork $13.73
BCBS PC $13.73
BCBS BlueAccess $14.20
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $14.20
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $14.20
Coventry WCOMP $19.03
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $19.41
United GlobalBenefitPlan $21.30
BCBS Participating $21.78
BCBS Traditional $21.78
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $23.67
CorVel Corporation MOWC $30.77
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $35.03
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $37.87
Global Sports Services WCOMP $37.87
CCO, Inc. COMM $40.24
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $40.24
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $42.61

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Cefepime 1 gram solution for injection at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $29.62 $1.74 – $14.56
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $31.85 $2.32 – $2.32
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $41.40 $1.74 – $3.60
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $31.85 $4.18 – $4.18
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $29.62 $1.74 – $5.45
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $103.60 $0.89 – $1.74
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $1.43 – $2.21
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $1.43 – $2.21

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