Consultation/report referred slides prepared elsewhere 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

$980.73

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.

$980.73

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.

$31.54 with Aetna Coventry vs $882.66 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
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $31.54 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -97%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $40.51 ↓ -96%
Cigna LocalKC $48.81 ↓ -95%
Cigna Comm $60.76 ↓ -94%
United KSMGMCD $76.51 ↓ -92%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $78.04 ↓ -92%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $78.81 ↓ -92%
Unicare MGMCD $79.57 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup MGMCD $79.57 ↓ -92%
Home State Health Plan MCD $80.34 ↓ -92%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $127.49 ↓ -87%
United MOMGMCD $130.07 ↓ -87%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $130.89 ↓ -87%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $130.89 ↓ -87%
BCBS BlueAccess $130.89 ↓ -87%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $151.58 ↓ -85%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $180.01 ↓ -82%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $182.42 ↓ -81%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $184.74 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $186.34 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $186.34 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $186.34 ↓ -81%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $187.59 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $196.15 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $206.93 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $206.93 ↓ -79%
Humana ASO $206.93 ↓ -79%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $215.76 ↓ -78%
United OptionsPPO $246.16 ↓ -75%
Humana POS $259.89 ↓ -74%
Humana PPO $259.89 ↓ -74%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $284.41 ↓ -71%
BCBS PC $284.41 ↓ -71%
Aetna IVLHIX $300.10 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $322.66 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $343.26 ↓ -65%
Aetna Local $385.43 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $394.25 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $394.25 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $402.10 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $421.71 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $441.33 ↓ -55%
BCBS Participating $451.14 ↓ -54%
BCBS Traditional $451.14 ↓ -54%
Aetna National $471.73 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $490.37 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $500.17 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $519.79 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $637.47 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $725.74 ↓ -26%
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $784.58 ↓ -20%
Global Sports Services WCOMP $784.58 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $833.62 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $833.62 ↓ -15%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $882.66 ↓ -10%

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Consultation/report referred slides prepared elsewhere at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $154.00 $33.84 – $291.45
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $154.00 $33.84 – $291.45
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $69.85 $33.84 – $150.96
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $154.00 $33.84 – $291.45
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $154.00 $33.84 – $291.45
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $154.00 $33.84 – $291.45
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $120.45 $30.46 – $67.34
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $182.00 $38.57 – $76.51

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