Folic acid 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

$529.28

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.

$529.28

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.

$7.46 with Cigna vs $476.35 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 $7.46 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $8.99 ↓ -98%
Cigna Comm $11.19 ↓ -98%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $13.89 ↓ -97%
BCBS TRICARE $14.14 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRHMO $14.55 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $14.55 ↓ -97%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $14.55 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.70 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $14.70 ↓ -97%
Humana PFFS $14.70 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCRHMO $14.70 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCRPPO $14.70 ↓ -97%
United KSMGMCD $14.70 ↓ -97%
United VACCN $14.70 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $14.99 ↓ -97%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $14.99 ↓ -97%
Celtic MCR $14.99 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $14.99 ↓ -97%
Wellcare MCR $14.99 ↓ -97%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $15.14 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $15.29 ↓ -97%
Unicare MGMCD $15.29 ↓ -97%
Home State Health Plan MCD $15.44 ↓ -97%
Pyramid Life MCR $15.73 ↓ -97%
Aetna IVLHIX $19.84 ↓ -96%
Aetna KCCarePlus $20.72 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $22.34 ↓ -96%
United MOMGMCD $24.99 ↓ -95%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $25.96 ↓ -95%
Aetna Local $27.78 ↓ -95%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $30.83 ↓ -94%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $30.98 ↓ -94%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $30.98 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueAccess $30.98 ↓ -94%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $31.64 ↓ -94%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $32.13 ↓ -94%
Aetna National $34.10 ↓ -94%
Humana POS $35.98 ↓ -93%
Humana ASO $35.98 ↓ -93%
Humana HMO $35.98 ↓ -93%
Humana EPO $35.98 ↓ -93%
Humana PPO $35.98 ↓ -93%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $68.81 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $98.45 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $100.56 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $100.56 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $105.86 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $116.44 ↓ -78%
United OptionsPPO $132.85 ↓ -75%
BCBS PC $153.49 ↓ -71%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $153.49 ↓ -71%
Universal Healthcare MCR $185.25 ↓ -65%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $212.77 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $212.77 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $217.00 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $227.59 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $238.18 ↓ -55%
BCBS Participating $243.47 ↓ -54%
BCBS Traditional $243.47 ↓ -54%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $264.64 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $269.93 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $280.52 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $344.03 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $391.67 ↓ -26%
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $423.42 ↓ -20%
Global Sports Services WCOMP $423.42 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $449.89 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $449.89 ↓ -15%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $476.35 ↓ -10%

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Folic acid at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $50.05 $14.70 – $60.62
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $50.05 $14.70 – $60.62
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $66.00 $14.41 – $31.40
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $50.05 $14.70 – $60.62
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $50.05 $14.70 – $60.62
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $50.05 $14.70 – $60.62
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $86.35 $13.23 – $26.46
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