Ghs elect vertical elct 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.

$13.47 with BCBS vs $622.51 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 Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $13.47
BCBS BlueAccess $13.47
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $13.47
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $89.92
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $128.65
NHC Advantage MGMCD $131.42
Oscar HIX $131.42
NHC Advantage MGMCR $131.42
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $138.34
HealthyBlue MGMCD $138.34
Humana HMO $145.94
Humana EPO $145.94
Humana ASO $145.94
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $152.17
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $152.17
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $152.17
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $171.54
United OptionsPPO $173.61
Humana POS $183.30
Humana PPO $183.30
BCBS PC $200.59
BCBS FreedomNetwork $200.59
Cigna LocalKC $204.18
Aetna IVLHIX $211.65
Aetna KCCarePlus $227.56
Universal Healthcare MCR $242.09
Cigna Comm $255.23
Aetna Local $271.83
Aetna FHMedicalRental $278.06
Coventry WCOMP $278.06
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $283.59
College Park Family Care Center COMM $297.42
United GlobalBenefitPlan $311.26
BCBS Traditional $318.17
BCBS Participating $318.17
Aetna National $332.70
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $345.84
Aetna NATIONALNAP $352.76
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $366.59
CorVel Corporation MOWC $449.59
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $511.84
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $553.34
Global Sports Services WCOMP $553.34
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $553.34
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $587.93
CCO, Inc. COMM $587.93
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $622.51

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Ghs elect vertical elct at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $171.51 $10.56 – $10.56
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $6.47 – $6.47
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $6.47 – $6.47
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $7.43 – $7.43
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $6.47 – $6.47
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $6.47 – $6.47
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $6.47 – $6.47
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton not published $6.47 – $6.47

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