ER Visit (level 2) 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.

$105.00 with United vs $1,600.00 with Cigna — 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
United KSMGMCD $105.00
HealthyBlue MGMCD $107.10
Unicare MGMCD $109.20
Amerigroup MGMCD $109.20
Home State Health Plan MCD $110.25
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $130.00
United MOMGMCD $178.50
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $321.74
United OptionsPPO $367.07
BCBS FreedomNetwork $424.11
BCBS PC $424.11
Oscar HIX $445.00
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $445.00
Aetna IVLHIX $469.00
Aetna KCCarePlus $579.00
Aetna FHMedicalRental $587.90
Coventry WCOMP $587.90
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $599.60
United GlobalBenefitPlan $658.10
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $660.00
Aetna Local $668.00
BCBS Participating $672.73
BCBS Traditional $672.73
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $731.23
Aetna NATIONALNAP $745.85
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $775.10
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $885.00
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $885.00
BCBS BlueAccess $885.00
United AllPayerAppendix $936.00
Aetna National $940.00
CorVel Corporation MOWC $950.59
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $1,073.00
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $1,082.21
Humana EPO $1,104.00
Humana ASO $1,104.00
Humana HMO $1,104.00
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $1,169.96
CCO, Inc. COMM $1,243.08
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1,243.08
Humana PPO $1,265.00
Humana POS $1,265.00
Cigna LocalKC $1,280.00
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1,316.20
Cigna Comm $1,600.00

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ER Visit (level 2) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $559.35 $153.79 – $184.55
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $559.35 $153.79 – $184.55
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $598.95 $49.65 – $184.55
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $559.35 not published
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $559.35 $153.79 – $184.55
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $559.35 $153.79 – $184.55
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $379.77 $152.95 – $276.83
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $521.95 $45.69 – $207.88

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