Cryopreservation embryo(s) 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

$2,185.76

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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.

$2,185.76

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.

$284.15 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $1,967.18 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
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $284.15 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $406.55 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $415.29 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $415.29 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $415.29 ↓ -81%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $415.38 ↓ -81%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $437.15 ↓ -80%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $437.15 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $461.20 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $461.20 ↓ -79%
Humana ASO $461.20 ↓ -79%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $480.87 ↓ -78%
Cigna LocalKC $500.59 ↓ -77%
United OptionsPPO $548.63 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $579.23 ↓ -73%
Humana POS $579.23 ↓ -73%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $610.54 ↓ -72%
Cigna Comm $623.07 ↓ -71%
BCBS PC $633.87 ↓ -71%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $633.87 ↓ -71%
United AllPayerAppendix $656.15 ↓ -70%
Aetna IVLHIX $668.84 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $719.12 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $765.02 ↓ -65%
Aetna Local $859.00 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $878.68 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $878.68 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $896.16 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $939.88 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $983.59 ↓ -55%
BCBS Traditional $1,005.45 ↓ -54%
BCBS Participating $1,005.45 ↓ -54%
Aetna National $1,051.35 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,092.88 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $1,114.74 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,158.45 ↓ -47%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $1,278.34 ↓ -42%
BCBS BlueAccess $1,278.34 ↓ -42%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $1,278.34 ↓ -42%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $1,420.74 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $1,617.46 ↓ -26%
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,748.61 ↓ -20%
Global Sports Services WCOMP $1,748.61 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $1,748.61 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1,857.90 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $1,857.90 ↓ -15%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1,967.18 ↓ -10%

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Cryopreservation embryo(s) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $656.15 – $968.38
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $656.15 – $968.38
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $656.15 – $968.38
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $656.15 – $883.28
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $656.15 – $968.38
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $656.15 – $968.38
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $590.54 – $1,452.56
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton not published $656.15 – $968.38

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