Hla i typing complete lr 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.

$204.62 with Cigna vs $936.33 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 $204.62
Cigna LocalKC $246.59
Cigna Comm $306.93
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $381.39
BCBS TRICARE $388.17
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $399.55
BCBS MCRPPO $399.55
BCBS MCRHMO $399.55
Devoted Health MGMCR $403.59
Humana PFFS $403.59
Humana MGMCRHMO $403.59
Humana MGMCRPPO $403.59
United VACCN $403.59
United AllPayerAppendix $403.59
United MGMCR $411.66
Celtic MCR $411.66
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $411.66
Wellcare MCR $411.66
Pyramid Life MCR $431.84
Aetna IVLHIX $544.85
Aetna KCCarePlus $569.07
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $581.94
Oscar HIX $613.46
CorVel Corporation KSWC $691.05
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $709.23
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $720.15
Aetna Local $762.79
Aetna National $936.33

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