Esophagus motility study at CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER
19600 E 39TH ST, Independence, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1942247044
$5,841.17
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.
$5,841.17
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.
$173.63 with United vs $5,257.05 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 | $173.63 | ↓ -97% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $177.10 | ↓ -97% |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $178.84 | ↓ -97% |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $180.58 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $180.58 | ↓ -97% |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $182.31 | ↓ -97% |
| United | MOMGMCD | $295.17 | ↓ -95% |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $759.35 | ↓ -87% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $1,109.82 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $1,109.82 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | ASO | $1,232.49 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | EPO | $1,232.49 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,232.49 | ↓ -79% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,264.00 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $1,285.06 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $1,285.06 | ↓ -78% |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $1,448.61 | ↓ -75% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,466.13 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | POS | $1,547.91 | ↓ -74% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,547.91 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $1,693.94 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | PC | $1,693.94 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $1,724.31 | ↓ -70% |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $2,044.41 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | Comm | $2,155.39 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $2,255.00 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $2,348.15 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $2,348.15 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $2,394.88 | ↓ -59% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $2,628.53 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | Participating | $2,686.94 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,686.94 | ↓ -54% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $2,920.59 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $2,979.00 | ↓ -49% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $3,095.82 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $3,158.00 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | Local | $3,701.00 | ↓ -37% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $3,796.76 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | National | $4,111.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $4,322.47 | ↓ -26% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $4,672.94 | ↓ -20% |
| Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $4,672.94 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $4,964.99 | ↓ -15% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $4,964.99 | ↓ -15% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $5,257.05 | ↓ -10% |
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Esophagus motility study 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 | $1,388.75 | $110.76 – $448.51 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $1,388.75 | $110.76 – $448.51 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $1,760.55 | $127.18 – $537.00 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $1,388.75 | $110.76 – $1,444.00 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $1,388.75 | $110.76 – $448.51 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $1,388.75 | $110.76 – $448.51 |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast | Cape Girardeau | $1,329.25 | $246.68 – $2,397.98 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $1,632.80 | $59.00 – $3,772.00 |