Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe 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.
$2.92 with BCBS vs $320.58 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 |
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| BCBS | TRICARE | $2.92 | — |
| United | KSMGMCD | $3.02 | — |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $3.07 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $3.08 | — |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $3.11 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $3.14 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $3.14 | — |
| United | MOMGMCD | $4.96 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $4.98 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $78.36 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $78.36 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $89.41 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $103.30 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $103.30 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $143.19 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $146.04 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $160.29 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $163.85 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $163.85 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $178.10 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $231.53 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $263.59 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $284.96 | — |
| Global Sports Services | WCOMP | $284.96 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $302.77 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $302.77 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $320.58 | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | not published by hospital | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | not published by hospital | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | National | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Local | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | not published by hospital | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospital Aurora | Aurora | $7,571.65 | $3.11 – $114.75 |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln | Troy | $9,433.12 | $40.40 – $40.40 |
| Mercy Hospital Carthage | Carthage | $8,804.25 | $3.11 – $109.50 |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast | Cape Girardeau | $7,546.50 | $2.03 – $262.50 |
| Mercy Hospital Stoddard | Dexter | $7,546.50 | $3.01 – $1,050.00 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $7,571.65 | $2.96 – $164.58 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | not published | $2.92 – $5.12 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | not published | $2.92 – $5.12 |