Chromatography 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

$380.09

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.

$380.09

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.

$9.16 with Cigna vs $342.08 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
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $9.16 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalKC $11.04 ↓ -97%
Cigna Comm $13.74 ↓ -96%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $17.06 ↓ -96%
BCBS TRICARE $17.37 ↓ -95%
United KSMGMCD $17.80 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRPPO $17.88 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRHMO $17.88 ↓ -95%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $17.88 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health MGMCR $18.06 ↓ -95%
Humana PFFS $18.06 ↓ -95%
Humana MGMCRHMO $18.06 ↓ -95%
Humana MGMCRPPO $18.06 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $18.06 ↓ -95%
United VACCN $18.06 ↓ -95%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $18.16 ↓ -95%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $18.33 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $18.42 ↓ -95%
United MGMCR $18.42 ↓ -95%
Celtic MCR $18.42 ↓ -95%
Wellcare MCR $18.42 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $18.51 ↓ -95%
Unicare MGMCD $18.51 ↓ -95%
Home State Health Plan MCD $18.69 ↓ -95%
Pyramid Life MCR $19.32 ↓ -95%
Humana POS $21.44 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $21.44 ↓ -94%
Humana EPO $21.44 ↓ -94%
Humana HMO $21.44 ↓ -94%
Humana ASO $21.44 ↓ -94%
Aetna IVLHIX $24.38 ↓ -94%
Aetna KCCarePlus $25.46 ↓ -93%
Oscar HIX $27.45 ↓ -93%
United MOMGMCD $30.26 ↓ -92%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $32.18 ↓ -92%
Aetna Local $34.13 ↓ -91%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $38.03 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueAccess $38.03 ↓ -90%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $38.03 ↓ -90%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $38.22 ↓ -90%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $39.22 ↓ -90%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $39.83 ↓ -90%
Aetna National $41.90 ↓ -89%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $49.41 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $70.70 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $72.22 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $72.22 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $76.02 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $83.62 ↓ -78%
United OptionsPPO $95.40 ↓ -75%
BCBS PC $110.23 ↓ -71%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $110.23 ↓ -71%
Universal Healthcare MCR $133.03 ↓ -65%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $152.80 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $152.80 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $155.84 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $163.44 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $171.04 ↓ -55%
BCBS Participating $174.84 ↓ -54%
BCBS Traditional $174.84 ↓ -54%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $190.04 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $193.85 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $201.45 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $247.06 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $281.27 ↓ -26%
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $304.07 ↓ -20%
Global Sports Services WCOMP $304.07 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $323.08 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $323.08 ↓ -15%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $342.08 ↓ -10%

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Chromatography at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $132.55 $18.06 – $74.45
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $132.55 $18.06 – $74.45
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $104.50 $17.70 – $38.56
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SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $132.55 $18.06 – $74.45
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $132.55 $18.06 – $74.45
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $144.10 $16.25 – $32.51
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