Drug assay caffeine 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

$718.21

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.

$718.21

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.

$19.55 with Cigna vs $646.39 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 $19.55 ↓ -97%
Cigna LocalKC $23.57 ↓ -97%
Cigna Comm $29.33 ↓ -96%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $36.45 ↓ -95%
BCBS TRICARE $37.10 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRPPO $38.18 ↓ -95%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $38.18 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRHMO $38.18 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health MGMCR $38.57 ↓ -95%
Humana PFFS $38.57 ↓ -95%
Humana MGMCRHMO $38.57 ↓ -95%
Humana MGMCRPPO $38.57 ↓ -95%
United VACCN $38.57 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $38.57 ↓ -95%
United MGMCR $39.34 ↓ -95%
Celtic MCR $39.34 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $39.34 ↓ -95%
Wellcare MCR $39.34 ↓ -95%
Pyramid Life MCR $41.27 ↓ -94%
Aetna IVLHIX $52.07 ↓ -93%
Aetna KCCarePlus $54.39 ↓ -92%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $55.54 ↓ -92%
Oscar HIX $58.63 ↓ -92%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $65.96 ↓ -91%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $67.69 ↓ -91%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $68.74 ↓ -90%
Aetna Local $72.90 ↓ -90%
Aetna National $89.49 ↓ -88%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $93.37 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $133.59 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $136.46 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $136.46 ↓ -81%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $143.64 ↓ -80%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $143.64 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $151.54 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $151.54 ↓ -79%
Humana ASO $151.54 ↓ -79%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $158.01 ↓ -78%
United OptionsPPO $180.27 ↓ -75%
Humana POS $190.33 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $190.33 ↓ -73%
BCBS PC $208.28 ↓ -71%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $208.28 ↓ -71%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $215.46 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $215.46 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $215.46 ↓ -70%
Universal Healthcare MCR $251.37 ↓ -65%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $288.72 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $288.72 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $294.47 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $308.83 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $323.19 ↓ -55%
BCBS Traditional $330.38 ↓ -54%
BCBS Participating $330.38 ↓ -54%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $359.11 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $366.29 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $380.65 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $466.84 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $531.48 ↓ -26%
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $574.57 ↓ -20%
Global Sports Services WCOMP $574.57 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $610.48 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $610.48 ↓ -15%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $646.39 ↓ -10%

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