Culture fungi skin/hair/nail 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.

$3.91 with Cigna vs $17.88 with Aetna — 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 $3.91
Cigna LocalKC $4.71
Cigna Comm $5.86
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $7.29
BCBS TRICARE $7.42
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $7.63
BCBS MCRPPO $7.63
BCBS MCRHMO $7.63
Humana MGMCRPPO $7.71
Humana PFFS $7.71
Devoted Health MGMCR $7.71
United KSMGMCD $7.71
United AllPayerAppendix $7.71
United VACCN $7.71
Humana MGMCRHMO $7.71
HealthyBlue MGMCD $7.86
Celtic MCR $7.86
United MGMCR $7.86
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $7.86
Wellcare MCR $7.86
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $7.94
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.02
Unicare MGMCD $8.02
Home State Health Plan MCD $8.10
Pyramid Life MCR $8.25
Aetna IVLHIX $10.41
Aetna KCCarePlus $10.87
Oscar HIX $11.72
United MOMGMCD $13.11
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $13.50
Humana PPO $14.12
Humana ASO $14.12
Humana POS $14.12
Humana HMO $14.12
Humana EPO $14.12
Aetna Local $14.57
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $14.75
BCBS BlueAccess $14.75
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $14.75
CorVel Corporation KSWC $16.03
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $16.45
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $16.70
Aetna National $17.88

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Culture fungi skin/hair/nail at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $28.05 $7.71 – $31.76
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $28.05 $7.71 – $31.76
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $88.00 $7.56 – $16.45
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $28.05 $7.71 – $31.76
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $28.05 $7.71 – $31.76
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $28.05 $7.71 – $31.76
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $63.80 $6.94 – $13.88
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $68.90 $7.71 – $10.69

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