Hemoglobin f (fetal) chemical 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.

$5.44 with Cigna vs $24.92 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 $5.44
Cigna LocalKC $6.56
Cigna Comm $8.17
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $10.15
BCBS TRICARE $10.33
BCBS MCRHMO $10.63
BCBS MCRPPO $10.63
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $10.63
Humana MGMCRPPO $10.74
United KSMGMCD $10.74
United AllPayerAppendix $10.74
United VACCN $10.74
Devoted Health MGMCR $10.74
Humana PFFS $10.74
Humana MGMCRHMO $10.74
Wellcare MCR $10.95
United MGMCR $10.95
Celtic MCR $10.95
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $10.95
HealthyBlue MGMCD $10.95
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $11.06
Unicare MGMCD $11.17
Amerigroup MGMCD $11.17
Home State Health Plan MCD $11.28
Pyramid Life MCR $11.49
Aetna IVLHIX $14.50
Aetna KCCarePlus $15.14
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $15.58
BCBS BlueAccess $16.20
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $16.20
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $16.20
Oscar HIX $16.32
United MOMGMCD $18.26
CorVel Corporation KSWC $18.50
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $18.98
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $19.28
Humana ASO $20.24
Humana PPO $20.24
Humana POS $20.24
Humana HMO $20.24
Humana EPO $20.24
Aetna Local $20.30
Aetna National $24.92

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Hemoglobin f (fetal) chemical at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $10.74 – $35.87
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $10.74 – $35.87
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $10.53 – $18.58
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $10.74 – $35.87
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $10.74 – $35.87
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $10.74 – $35.87
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $9.67 – $19.33
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton not published $10.74 – $35.87

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