Hydromorphone 0.2 mg/ml in 0.9% nacl IV pca opioid naive - 4 hr dose limit (wrapper) 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

$99.05

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.

$99.05

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.

$0.14 with United vs $89.14 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 $0.14 ↓ -100%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $0.14 ↓ -100%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $0.14 ↓ -100%
BCBS TRICARE $0.14 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MGMCD $0.15 ↓ -100%
Unicare MGMCD $0.15 ↓ -100%
Home State Health Plan MCD $0.15 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $0.23 ↓ -100%
United MOMGMCD $0.24 ↓ -100%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $21.79 ↓ -78%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $21.79 ↓ -78%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $21.79 ↓ -78%
United OptionsPPO $24.86 ↓ -75%
BCBS PC $28.72 ↓ -71%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $28.72 ↓ -71%
BCBS BlueAccess $29.71 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $29.71 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $29.71 ↓ -70%
Coventry WCOMP $39.82 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $40.61 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $44.57 ↓ -55%
BCBS Participating $45.56 ↓ -54%
BCBS Traditional $45.56 ↓ -54%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $49.52 ↓ -50%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $64.38 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $73.30 ↓ -26%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $79.24 ↓ -20%
Global Sports Services WCOMP $79.24 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $84.19 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $84.19 ↓ -15%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $89.14 ↓ -10%

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Hydromorphone 0.2 mg/ml in 0.9% nacl IV pca opioid naive - 4 hr dose limit (wrapper) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $109.54 $0.42 – $0.42
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $66.00 $0.57 – $0.57
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $359.92 $0.45 – $0.45
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $0.10 – $0.15
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $0.10 – $0.15
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $0.09 – $0.19
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $0.10 – $0.15
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $0.10 – $0.15

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