Collection of venous blood by venipuncture at CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER
19600 E 39TH ST, Independence, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1942247044
$50.21
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$50.21
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$3.00 with United vs $2,550.00 with NHC Advantage — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $3.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $4.05 | ↓ -92% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $4.15 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $4.23 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $4.48 | ↓ -91% |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $4.93 | ↓ -90% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $5.06 | ↓ -90% |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $5.14 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $5.40 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | Local | $5.67 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $5.73 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $5.73 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $5.73 | ↓ -89% |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $6.53 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | Comm | $6.72 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | National | $6.96 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | TRICARE | $9.09 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $9.25 | ↓ -82% |
| Coventry | MedicareAdvantage | $9.25 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $9.25 | ↓ -82% |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $9.34 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | PFFS | $9.34 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | MGMCRHMO | $9.34 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | MGMCRPPO | $9.34 | ↓ -81% |
| United | VACCN | $9.34 | ↓ -81% |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $9.34 | ↓ -81% |
| Wellcare | MCR | $9.53 | ↓ -81% |
| United | MGMCR | $9.53 | ↓ -81% |
| Cigna | HealthspringMGMCR | $9.53 | ↓ -81% |
| Celtic | MCR | $9.53 | ↓ -81% |
| Pyramid Life | MCR | $9.99 | ↓ -80% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $10.04 | ↓ -80% |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $10.04 | ↓ -80% |
| Humana | ASO | $10.59 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | EPO | $10.59 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | HMO | $10.59 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $11.05 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $11.05 | ↓ -78% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $12.60 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | PPO | $13.31 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | POS | $13.31 | ↓ -73% |
| Oscar | HIX | $14.20 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $14.56 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | PC | $14.56 | ↓ -71% |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $17.57 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $20.18 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $20.18 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $20.59 | ↓ -59% |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $21.59 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $22.59 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $23.10 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS | Participating | $23.10 | ↓ -54% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $25.11 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $25.61 | ↓ -49% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $32.64 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $37.16 | ↓ -26% |
| Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $40.17 | ↓ -20% |
| Global Sports Services | WCOMP | $40.17 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $42.68 | ↓ -15% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $42.68 | ↓ -15% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $45.19 | ↓ -10% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $2,550.00 | ↑ +4979% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $2,550.00 | ↑ +4979% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | not published by hospital | — |
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Collection of venous blood by venipuncture at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $15.95 | $3.00 – $10.02 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $15.95 | $3.00 – $10.02 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $24.20 | $3.00 – $9.75 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $15.95 | $3.00 – $10.02 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $15.95 | $3.00 – $10.02 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $15.95 | $3.00 – $10.02 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $11.00 | $2.70 – $2,277.00 |
| Mercy Primary Care - Bernie | Bernie | $12.00 | $2.65 – $16.00 |