Culture bact stool aero addl path ea 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.

$4.79 with Cigna vs $163.52 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
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $4.79
Cigna LocalKC $5.77
Cigna Comm $7.18
United KSMGMCD $8.02
HealthyBlue MGMCD $8.18
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $8.26
Unicare MGMCD $8.34
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.34
Home State Health Plan MCD $8.42
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $8.93
BCBS TRICARE $9.08
BCBS MCRHMO $9.35
BCBS MCRPPO $9.35
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $9.35
United AllPayerAppendix $9.44
Devoted Health MGMCR $9.44
Humana PFFS $9.44
Humana MGMCRHMO $9.44
Humana MGMCRPPO $9.44
United VACCN $9.44
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $9.63
Wellcare MCR $9.63
United MGMCR $9.63
Celtic MCR $9.63
Pyramid Life MCR $10.10
Aetna IVLHIX $12.74
Aetna KCCarePlus $13.31
United MOMGMCD $13.63
Oscar HIX $14.35
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $16.61
Aetna Local $17.84
CorVel Corporation KSWC $19.72
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $19.86
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $19.86
BCBS BlueAccess $19.86
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $20.24
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $20.55
Aetna National $21.90
Humana POS $23.09
Humana ASO $23.09
Humana HMO $23.09
Humana EPO $23.09
Humana PPO $23.09
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $23.62
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $33.79
NHC Advantage MGMCD $34.52
NHC Advantage MGMCR $34.52
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $36.34
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $39.97
United OptionsPPO $45.60
BCBS PC $52.69
BCBS FreedomNetwork $52.69
Universal Healthcare MCR $63.59
Aetna FHMedicalRental $73.04
Coventry WCOMP $73.04
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $74.49
College Park Family Care Center COMM $78.13
United GlobalBenefitPlan $81.76
BCBS Participating $83.58
BCBS Traditional $83.58
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $90.84
Aetna NATIONALNAP $92.66
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $96.30
CorVel Corporation MOWC $118.10
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $134.45
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $145.35
Global Sports Services WCOMP $145.35
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $154.44
CCO, Inc. COMM $154.44
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $163.52

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Culture bact stool aero addl path ea at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $41.25 $9.44 – $38.94
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SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $41.25 $9.44 – $38.94
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