Echo transesophageal at CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER
19600 E 39TH ST, Independence, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1942247044
$10,363.66
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.
$10,363.66
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.
$178.71 with United vs $9,327.29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | KSMGMCD | $178.71 | ↓ -98% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $182.28 | ↓ -98% |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $184.07 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $185.86 | ↓ -98% |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $185.86 | ↓ -98% |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $187.65 | ↓ -98% |
| United | MOMGMCD | $303.81 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $599.63 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $599.63 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $599.63 | ↓ -94% |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $1,347.28 | ↓ -87% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $1,969.10 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $1,969.10 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $1,969.10 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | HMO | $2,186.73 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | EPO | $2,186.73 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | ASO | $2,186.73 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $2,280.01 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $2,280.01 | ↓ -78% |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $2,570.19 | ↓ -75% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,601.28 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | PPO | $2,746.37 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | POS | $2,746.37 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | PC | $3,005.46 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $3,005.46 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $3,059.35 | ↓ -70% |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $3,627.28 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | Comm | $3,824.19 | ↓ -63% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $4,166.19 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $4,166.19 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $4,249.10 | ↓ -59% |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $4,456.37 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $4,663.65 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | Participating | $4,767.28 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $4,767.28 | ↓ -54% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $5,181.83 | ↓ -50% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $5,492.74 | ↓ -47% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $6,736.38 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $7,669.11 | ↓ -26% |
| Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $8,290.93 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $8,290.93 | ↓ -20% |
| Global Sports Services | WCOMP | $8,290.93 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $8,809.11 | ↓ -15% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $8,809.11 | ↓ -15% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $9,327.29 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | National | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Local | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | not published by hospital | — |
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Echo transesophageal at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $2,523.95 | $148.21 – $656.76 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $2,523.95 | $148.21 – $656.76 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $829.40 | $170.18 – $656.76 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $2,523.95 | $148.21 – $148.21 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $2,523.95 | $148.21 – $656.76 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $2,523.95 | $148.21 – $656.76 |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast | Cape Girardeau | $1,156.35 | $361.22 – $2,143.61 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $2,211.95 | $147.36 – $1,126.70 |