Dopamine 40 mg/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) 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.

$0.71 with BCBS vs $74.25 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
BCBS TRICARE $0.71
United AllPayerAppendix $1.32
HealthyBlue MGMCD $16.50
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $18.15
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $18.15
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $18.15
United OptionsPPO $20.71
BCBS FreedomNetwork $23.93
BCBS PC $23.93
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $24.75
BCBS BlueAccess $24.75
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $24.75
Coventry WCOMP $33.17
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $33.83
United GlobalBenefitPlan $37.13
BCBS Participating $37.95
BCBS Traditional $37.95
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $41.25
CorVel Corporation MOWC $53.63
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $61.05
Global Sports Services WCOMP $66.00
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $66.00
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $70.13
CCO, Inc. COMM $70.13
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $74.25

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Dopamine 40 mg/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $47.61 $7.10 – $7.10
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $51.19 $10.70 – $10.70
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $60.21 $9.60 – $9.60
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $64.19 $11.20 – $11.20
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $69.52 $3.55 – $8.63
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $179.90 $0.71 – $1.32
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $83.19 $0.71 – $0.71
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Lexington $25.68 $1.32 – $1.32

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