Cryptosporidium antigen 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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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.

$6.08 with Cigna vs $29.35 with Humana — 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 $6.08
Cigna LocalKC $7.32
Cigna Comm $9.11
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $11.32
BCBS TRICARE $11.52
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $11.86
BCBS MCRPPO $11.86
BCBS MCRHMO $11.86
Humana MGMCRPPO $11.98
Humana PFFS $11.98
Devoted Health MGMCR $11.98
United KSMGMCD $11.98
United AllPayerAppendix $11.98
United VACCN $11.98
Humana MGMCRHMO $11.98
HealthyBlue MGMCD $12.22
Celtic MCR $12.22
United MGMCR $12.22
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $12.22
Wellcare MCR $12.22
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $12.34
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.46
Unicare MGMCD $12.46
Home State Health Plan MCD $12.58
Pyramid Life MCR $12.82
Aetna IVLHIX $16.17
Aetna KCCarePlus $16.89
Oscar HIX $18.21
United MOMGMCD $20.37
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $21.28
Aetna Local $22.64
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $25.27
BCBS BlueAccess $25.27
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $25.27
CorVel Corporation KSWC $25.27
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $25.94
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $26.33
Aetna National $27.79
Humana ASO $29.35
Humana POS $29.35
Humana HMO $29.35
Humana EPO $29.35
Humana PPO $29.35

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Cryptosporidium antigen at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $127.05 $11.98 – $49.43
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $127.05 $11.98 – $49.43
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $82.50 $11.74 – $25.60
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $127.05 $11.98 – $49.43
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $127.05 $11.98 – $49.43
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $127.05 $11.98 – $49.43
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $28.05 $10.78 – $21.56
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $114.40 $11.98 – $16.99

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