Complement fixation each 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.

$5.08 with Cigna vs $23.22 with Aetna — 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 $5.08
Cigna LocalKC $6.12
Cigna Comm $7.62
United KSMGMCD $8.51
HealthyBlue MGMCD $8.68
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $8.77
Unicare MGMCD $8.85
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.85
Home State Health Plan MCD $8.94
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $9.46
BCBS TRICARE $9.63
BCBS BlueAccess $9.84
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $9.84
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $9.84
BCBS MCRPPO $9.91
BCBS MCRHMO $9.91
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $9.91
Humana MGMCRHMO $10.01
United VACCN $10.01
United AllPayerAppendix $10.01
Devoted Health MGMCR $10.01
Humana MGMCRPPO $10.01
Humana PFFS $10.01
Celtic MCR $10.21
United MGMCR $10.21
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $10.21
Wellcare MCR $10.21
Pyramid Life MCR $10.71
Humana HMO $12.29
Humana ASO $12.29
Humana PPO $12.29
Humana POS $12.29
Humana EPO $12.29
Aetna IVLHIX $13.51
Aetna KCCarePlus $14.11
United MOMGMCD $14.47
Oscar HIX $15.22
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $17.65
Aetna Local $18.92
CorVel Corporation KSWC $20.96
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $21.51
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $21.84
Aetna National $23.22

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Complement fixation each at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $10.01 – $41.28
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $10.01 – $41.28
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $9.81 – $21.38
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $10.01 – $41.28
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $10.01 – $41.28
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $10.01 – $41.28
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $9.01 – $18.02
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton not published $10.01 – $41.28

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