#creutz-prot.,western blot 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

$1,309.26

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.

$1,309.26

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.

$14.38 with BCBS vs $1,178.33 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
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $14.38 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueAccess $14.38 ↓ -99%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $14.38 ↓ -99%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $14.81 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $17.85 ↓ -99%
Cigna Comm $22.22 ↓ -98%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $27.60 ↓ -98%
BCBS TRICARE $28.09 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $28.92 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRHMO $28.92 ↓ -98%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $28.92 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $29.21 ↓ -98%
Humana PFFS $29.21 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCRHMO $29.21 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCRPPO $29.21 ↓ -98%
United VACCN $29.21 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $29.21 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $29.79 ↓ -98%
Celtic MCR $29.79 ↓ -98%
Wellcare MCR $29.79 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $29.79 ↓ -98%
Pyramid Life MCR $31.25 ↓ -98%
Aetna IVLHIX $39.44 ↓ -97%
Aetna KCCarePlus $41.19 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $42.05 ↓ -97%
Humana EPO $44.05 ↓ -97%
Humana PPO $44.05 ↓ -97%
Humana ASO $44.05 ↓ -97%
Humana POS $44.05 ↓ -97%
Humana HMO $44.05 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $44.40 ↓ -97%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $49.93 ↓ -96%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $51.25 ↓ -96%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $52.03 ↓ -96%
Aetna Local $55.21 ↓ -96%
Aetna National $67.77 ↓ -95%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $170.20 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $243.52 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $248.76 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $248.76 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $261.85 ↓ -80%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $261.85 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $288.04 ↓ -78%
United OptionsPPO $328.62 ↓ -75%
BCBS PC $379.69 ↓ -71%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $379.69 ↓ -71%
Universal Healthcare MCR $458.24 ↓ -65%
Coventry WCOMP $526.32 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $526.32 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $536.80 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $562.98 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $589.17 ↓ -55%
BCBS Participating $602.26 ↓ -54%
BCBS Traditional $602.26 ↓ -54%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $654.63 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $667.72 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $693.91 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $851.02 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $968.85 ↓ -26%
Global Sports Services WCOMP $1,047.41 ↓ -20%
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,047.41 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $1,112.87 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1,112.87 ↓ -15%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1,178.33 ↓ -10%

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#creutz-prot.,western blot at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $595.10 $9.70 – $97.56
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $595.10 $9.70 – $97.56
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $595.10 $11.14 – $50.53
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $595.10 $9.70 – $97.56
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $595.10 $9.70 – $97.56
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $595.10 $9.70 – $97.56
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $180.40 $17.81 – $52.58
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $168.35 $25.70 – $40.49

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