Galactokinase - sendout 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.

$10.89 with Cigna vs $49.84 with Aetna — 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 $10.89
United KSMGMCD $11.86
HealthyBlue MGMCD $12.10
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $12.22
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.33
Unicare MGMCD $12.33
Home State Health Plan MCD $12.45
Cigna LocalKC $13.12
Cigna Comm $16.33
United MOMGMCD $20.16
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $20.30
BCBS TRICARE $20.66
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $21.27
BCBS MCRPPO $21.27
BCBS MCRHMO $21.27
United VACCN $21.48
United AllPayerAppendix $21.48
Devoted Health MGMCR $21.48
Humana PFFS $21.48
Humana MGMCRPPO $21.48
Humana MGMCRHMO $21.48
Wellcare MCR $21.91
United MGMCR $21.91
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $21.91
Celtic MCR $21.91
Pyramid Life MCR $22.98
Aetna IVLHIX $29.00
Aetna KCCarePlus $30.29
Oscar HIX $32.65
Humana PPO $35.53
Humana EPO $35.53
Humana HMO $35.53
Humana POS $35.53
Humana ASO $35.53
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $38.42
Aetna Local $40.60
BCBS BlueAccess $45.25
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $45.25
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $45.25
CorVel Corporation KSWC $45.62
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $46.82
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $47.54
Aetna National $49.84

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Galactokinase - sendout at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $393.80 $21.48 – $88.58
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $393.80 $21.48 – $88.58
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $393.80 $21.48 – $88.58
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $393.80 $21.48 – $88.58
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $393.80 $21.48 – $88.58
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $622.05 $19.33 – $38.66
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton $393.80 $21.48 – $88.58
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis $519.75 $21.48 – $41.89

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