Fondaparinux sodium 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.

$0.86 with BCBS vs $124.65 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
BCBS TRICARE $0.86
United KSMGMCD $0.88
HealthyBlue MGMCD $0.90
Home State Health Plan MCD $0.90
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $0.91
Amerigroup MGMCD $0.92
Unicare MGMCD $0.92
United AllPayerAppendix $1.45
United MOMGMCD $1.46
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $30.47
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $30.47
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $30.47
United OptionsPPO $34.76
BCBS FreedomNetwork $40.16
BCBS PC $40.16
BCBS BlueAccess $41.55
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $41.55
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $41.55
Coventry WCOMP $55.68
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $56.78
United GlobalBenefitPlan $62.33
BCBS Participating $63.71
BCBS Traditional $63.71
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $69.25
CorVel Corporation MOWC $90.03
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $102.49
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $110.80
Global Sports Services WCOMP $110.80
CCO, Inc. COMM $117.72
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $117.72
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $124.65

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Fondaparinux sodium at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $75.01 $5.90 – $5.90
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $97.51 $3.35 – $5.25
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $176.54 $6.10 – $6.10
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $164.18 $3.35 – $8.51
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $0.84 – $1.91
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $0.84 – $1.91
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $0.73 – $12.89
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $0.84 – $1.91

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