Ghs musc tst done w/n tst non ext 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

$730.05

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.

$730.05

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.

$29.86 with United vs $657.04 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
United KSMGMCD $29.86 ↓ -96%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $30.46 ↓ -96%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $30.76 ↓ -96%
Unicare MGMCD $31.05 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $31.05 ↓ -96%
Home State Health Plan MCD $31.35 ↓ -96%
United MOMGMCD $50.76 ↓ -93%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $94.91 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $135.79 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $138.71 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $138.71 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $138.71 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $146.01 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $154.04 ↓ -79%
Humana ASO $154.04 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $154.04 ↓ -79%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $160.61 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $160.61 ↓ -78%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $160.61 ↓ -78%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $181.05 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $183.24 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $193.46 ↓ -74%
Humana POS $193.46 ↓ -74%
BCBS PC $211.71 ↓ -71%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $211.71 ↓ -71%
Cigna LocalKC $215.51 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $219.01 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $219.01 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $219.01 ↓ -70%
Aetna IVLHIX $223.40 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $240.19 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $255.52 ↓ -65%
Cigna Comm $269.39 ↓ -63%
Aetna Local $286.91 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $293.48 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $293.48 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $299.32 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $313.92 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $328.52 ↓ -55%
BCBS Participating $335.82 ↓ -54%
BCBS Traditional $335.82 ↓ -54%
Aetna National $351.15 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $365.02 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $372.33 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $386.93 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $474.53 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $540.24 ↓ -26%
Global Sports Services WCOMP $584.04 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $584.04 ↓ -20%
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $584.04 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $620.54 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $620.54 ↓ -15%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $657.04 ↓ -10%

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Ghs musc tst done w/n tst non ext at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $150.70 $50.23 – $50.23
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $224.25 $158.53 – $158.53
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $135.20 $29.86 – $93.75
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $382.85 $43.21 – $170.24
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $1,205.64 $29.86 – $31.35
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City $368.36 $29.86 – $36.13
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $43.75 – $43.75
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $43.75 – $43.75

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