CT t-spine w /wo contrast 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.

$25.00 with Global Sports Services vs $10,895.66 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
Global Sports Services WCOMP $25.00
United KSMGMCD $101.17
HealthyBlue MGMCD $103.19
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $104.21
Unicare MGMCD $105.22
Amerigroup MGMCD $105.22
Home State Health Plan MCD $106.23
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $158.49
United MOMGMCD $171.99
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $203.82
Cigna LocalKC $242.96
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $272.08
Cigna Comm $303.29
CorVel Corporation KSWC $323.10
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $331.60
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $336.70
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74
Aetna IVLHIX $474.00
Aetna KCCarePlus $498.00
BCBS BlueAccess $506.75
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $506.75
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $506.75
Humana EPO $567.41
Humana HMO $567.41
Humana ASO $567.41
Aetna Local $667.00
Humana PPO $732.45
Humana POS $732.45
Aetna National $811.00
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $1,573.82
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $2,251.77
NHC Advantage MGMCD $2,300.20
NHC Advantage MGMCR $2,300.20
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $2,421.26
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $2,663.38
United OptionsPPO $3,038.68
BCBS FreedomNetwork $3,510.82
BCBS PC $3,510.82
Universal Healthcare MCR $4,237.20
Aetna FHMedicalRental $4,866.73
Coventry WCOMP $4,866.73
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $4,963.58
College Park Family Care Center COMM $5,205.70
United GlobalBenefitPlan $5,447.83
BCBS Traditional $5,568.89
BCBS Participating $5,568.89
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $6,053.15
Aetna NATIONALNAP $6,174.21
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $6,416.33
CorVel Corporation MOWC $7,869.09
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $8,958.65
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $9,685.03
CCO, Inc. COMM $10,290.35
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $10,290.35
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $10,895.66

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CT t-spine w /wo contrast at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,222.65 $175.68 – $816.18
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,222.65 $175.68 – $816.18
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,858.45 $172.17 – $1,019.21
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,222.65 $207.16 – $816.18
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,222.65 $175.68 – $816.18
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,222.65 $175.68 – $816.18
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $1,228.92 $174.72 – $316.23
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $2,401.75 $212.46 – $233.71

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