Chest X-ray (single view) 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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Cash price

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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.

$13.88 with Multiplan vs $1,080.19 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
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $13.88
CorVel Corporation KSWC $16.48
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $16.92
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $17.18
Aetna IVLHIX $17.81
Aetna KCCarePlus $18.60
Aetna Local $24.93
Global Sports Services WCOMP $25.00
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $25.36
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $25.36
BCBS BlueAccess $25.36
Aetna National $30.60
United KSMGMCD $48.74
HealthyBlue MGMCD $49.71
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $50.20
Amerigroup MGMCD $50.69
Unicare MGMCD $50.69
Home State Health Plan MCD $51.18
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $71.77
United MOMGMCD $82.86
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $100.81
Cigna LocalKC $120.17
Cigna Comm $150.01
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $156.03
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $223.24
NHC Advantage MGMCR $228.04
NHC Advantage MGMCD $228.04
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $240.04
Humana ASO $253.24
Humana EPO $253.24
Humana HMO $253.24
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $264.05
United OptionsPPO $301.25
Humana PPO $318.06
Humana POS $318.06
BCBS PC $348.06
BCBS FreedomNetwork $348.06
Universal Healthcare MCR $420.07
Coventry WCOMP $482.48
Aetna FHMedicalRental $482.48
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $492.09
College Park Family Care Center COMM $516.09
United GlobalBenefitPlan $540.09
BCBS Traditional $552.10
BCBS Participating $552.10
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $600.11
Aetna NATIONALNAP $612.11
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $636.11
CorVel Corporation MOWC $780.14
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $888.16
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $960.17
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1,020.18
CCO, Inc. COMM $1,020.18
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1,080.19

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Chest X-ray (single view) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $138.60 $10.85 – $104.60
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $138.60 $10.85 – $104.60
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $197.45 $12.46 – $104.60
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $138.60 $10.85 – $161.80
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $138.60 $10.85 – $104.60
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $138.60 $10.85 – $104.60
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $263.64 $17.79 – $156.90
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $165.10 $48.74 – $115.59

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