Ceftriaxone 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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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.

$0.46 with United vs $17.08 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 $0.46
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $0.47
HealthyBlue MGMCD $0.47
Amerigroup MGMCD $0.48
Unicare MGMCD $0.48
BCBS TRICARE $0.49
Home State Health Plan MCD $0.51
United AllPayerAppendix $0.76
United MOMGMCD $0.83
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $4.18
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $4.18
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $4.18
United OptionsPPO $4.76
BCBS FreedomNetwork $5.50
BCBS PC $5.50
BCBS BlueAccess $5.69
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $5.69
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $5.69
Coventry WCOMP $7.63
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $7.78
United GlobalBenefitPlan $8.54
BCBS Participating $8.73
BCBS Traditional $8.73
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $9.49
CorVel Corporation MOWC $12.34
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $14.05
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $15.18
Global Sports Services WCOMP $15.18
CCO, Inc. COMM $16.13
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $16.13
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $17.08

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Ceftriaxone 1 gram solution for injection at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $8.75 $0.46 – $11.84
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $11.37 $0.62 – $0.62
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $25.35 $0.45 – $0.70
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $9.41 $0.82 – $0.82
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $60.45 $0.45 – $0.93
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $0.56 – $0.85
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $0.56 – $0.85
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $0.43 – $16.48

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