Fetal hemoglobin rosette 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

$471.62

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.

$471.62

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.

$4.74 with Cigna vs $424.46 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 $4.74 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $5.72 ↓ -99%
Cigna Comm $7.11 ↓ -98%
United KSMGMCD $8.40 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $8.57 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $8.65 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $8.74 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.74 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $8.82 ↓ -98%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $8.84 ↓ -98%
BCBS TRICARE $9.00 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRHMO $9.27 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $9.27 ↓ -98%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $9.27 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.36 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $9.36 ↓ -98%
Humana PFFS $9.36 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCRHMO $9.36 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCRPPO $9.36 ↓ -98%
United VACCN $9.36 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $9.55 ↓ -98%
Wellcare MCR $9.55 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $9.55 ↓ -98%
Celtic MCR $9.55 ↓ -98%
Pyramid Life MCR $10.02 ↓ -98%
Aetna IVLHIX $12.64 ↓ -97%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $12.99 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAccess $12.99 ↓ -97%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $12.99 ↓ -97%
Aetna KCCarePlus $13.20 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $13.50 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $14.23 ↓ -97%
United MOMGMCD $14.28 ↓ -97%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $16.03 ↓ -97%
Humana EPO $16.24 ↓ -97%
Humana ASO $16.24 ↓ -97%
Humana POS $16.24 ↓ -97%
Humana HMO $16.24 ↓ -97%
Humana PPO $16.24 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $16.45 ↓ -97%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $16.70 ↓ -96%
Aetna Local $17.69 ↓ -96%
Aetna National $21.71 ↓ -95%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $61.31 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $87.72 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $89.61 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $89.61 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $94.32 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $103.76 ↓ -78%
United OptionsPPO $118.38 ↓ -75%
BCBS PC $136.77 ↓ -71%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $136.77 ↓ -71%
Universal Healthcare MCR $165.07 ↓ -65%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $189.59 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $189.59 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $193.36 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $202.80 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $212.23 ↓ -55%
BCBS Participating $216.95 ↓ -54%
BCBS Traditional $216.95 ↓ -54%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $235.81 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $240.53 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $249.96 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $306.55 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $349.00 ↓ -26%
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $377.30 ↓ -20%
Global Sports Services WCOMP $377.30 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $400.88 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $400.88 ↓ -15%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $424.46 ↓ -10%

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Fetal hemoglobin rosette at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $89.10 $9.36 – $31.26
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $89.10 $9.36 – $31.26
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $89.10 $9.36 – $31.26
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $89.10 $9.36 – $31.26
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $89.10 $9.36 – $31.26
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $145.75 $8.42 – $16.85
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $81.90 $8.40 – $12.97
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $85.15 $8.61 – $12.97

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