Electron microscopy diagnostic at CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER
19600 E 39TH ST, Independence, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1942247044
$6,498.77
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.
$6,498.77
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.
$204.20 with Cigna vs $5,848.89 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 | $204.20 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $246.08 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | Comm | $306.29 | ↓ -95% |
| United | KSMGMCD | $338.95 | ↓ -95% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $345.73 | ↓ -95% |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $349.12 | ↓ -95% |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $352.51 | ↓ -95% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $352.51 | ↓ -95% |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $355.90 | ↓ -95% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $395.57 | ↓ -94% |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $469.74 | ↓ -93% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $482.10 | ↓ -93% |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $489.52 | ↓ -92% |
| United | MOMGMCD | $576.21 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $610.54 | ↓ -91% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $656.15 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $666.28 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $666.28 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $666.28 | ↓ -90% |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $844.84 | ↓ -87% |
| Humana | EPO | $1,029.57 | ↓ -84% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,029.57 | ↓ -84% |
| Humana | ASO | $1,029.57 | ↓ -84% |
| Humana | POS | $1,029.57 | ↓ -84% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,029.57 | ↓ -84% |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $1,208.77 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $1,234.77 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $1,234.77 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $1,234.77 | ↓ -81% |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $1,299.75 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $1,429.73 | ↓ -78% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,631.19 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $1,884.64 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | PC | $1,884.64 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $1,988.62 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $2,138.10 | ↓ -67% |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $2,274.57 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Local | $2,554.02 | ↓ -61% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $2,612.51 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $2,612.51 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $2,664.50 | ↓ -59% |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $2,794.47 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $2,924.45 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | Participating | $2,989.43 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,989.43 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | National | $3,125.91 | ↓ -52% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $3,249.39 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $3,314.37 | ↓ -49% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $3,444.35 | ↓ -47% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $4,224.20 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $4,809.09 | ↓ -26% |
| Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $5,199.02 | ↓ -20% |
| Global Sports Services | WCOMP | $5,199.02 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $5,523.95 | ↓ -15% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $5,523.95 | ↓ -15% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $5,848.89 | ↓ -10% |
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Electron microscopy diagnostic 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 | $789.25 | $269.60 – $968.38 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $789.25 | $269.60 – $968.38 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $1,047.20 | $309.56 – $968.38 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $789.25 | $269.60 – $879.22 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $789.25 | $269.60 – $968.38 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $789.25 | $269.60 – $968.38 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $1,222.10 | $590.54 – $1,452.56 |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln | Troy | $861.25 | $445.48 – $1,072.46 |