Culture typing immunologic at CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER
19600 E 39TH ST, Independence, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1942247044
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Cash price 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 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.
$2.63 with Cigna vs $78.46 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $2.63 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $3.17 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $3.94 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $4.89 | — |
| BCBS | TRICARE | $4.98 | — |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $5.13 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $5.13 | — |
| Coventry | MedicareAdvantage | $5.13 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $5.18 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $5.18 | — |
| Humana | PFFS | $5.18 | — |
| Humana | MGMCRHMO | $5.18 | — |
| Humana | MGMCRPPO | $5.18 | — |
| United | KSMGMCD | $5.18 | — |
| United | VACCN | $5.18 | — |
| Cigna | HealthspringMGMCR | $5.28 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $5.28 | — |
| Celtic | MCR | $5.28 | — |
| United | MGMCR | $5.28 | — |
| Wellcare | MCR | $5.28 | — |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $5.34 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $5.39 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $5.39 | — |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $5.44 | — |
| Pyramid Life | MCR | $5.54 | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $6.99 | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $7.30 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $7.87 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $8.79 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $8.79 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $8.79 | — |
| United | MOMGMCD | $8.81 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $9.34 | — |
| Aetna | Local | $9.79 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $11.10 | — |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $11.33 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $11.39 | — |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $11.56 | — |
| Aetna | National | $12.02 | — |
| Humana | POS | $12.66 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $12.66 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $12.66 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $12.66 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $12.66 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $16.22 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $16.56 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $16.56 | — |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $17.44 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $19.18 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $21.88 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $25.28 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $25.28 | — |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $30.51 | — |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $35.05 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $35.05 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $35.74 | — |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $37.49 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $39.23 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $40.10 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $40.10 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $43.59 | — |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $44.46 | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $46.21 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $56.67 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $64.51 | — |
| Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $69.74 | — |
| Global Sports Services | WCOMP | $69.74 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $74.10 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $74.10 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $78.46 | — |
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Culture typing immunologic at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $39.05 | $5.18 – $21.34 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $39.05 | $5.18 – $21.34 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $33.00 | $5.08 – $11.05 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $39.05 | $5.18 – $21.34 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $39.05 | $5.18 – $21.34 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $39.05 | $5.18 – $21.34 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $36.30 | $4.66 – $9.32 |
| Mercy Hospital Aurora | Aurora | $49.40 | $5.18 – $7.18 |