Hysteroscopy ablation 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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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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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.

$267.00 with BCBS vs $14,300.00 with WPPA ProviDrs Care Network — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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) $267.00
United KSMGMCD $1,611.29
HealthyBlue MGMCD $1,643.52
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $1,659.63
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,675.74
Unicare MGMCD $1,675.74
Home State Health Plan MCD $1,691.85
United MOMGMCD $2,739.19
BCBS BlueAccess $3,745.00
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $3,745.00
Humana ASO $3,837.00
Humana EPO $3,837.00
Humana HMO $3,837.00
Universal Healthcare MCR $4,250.00
Humana PPO $4,764.00
Humana POS $4,764.00
Aetna IVLHIX $4,902.00
NHC Advantage MGMCR $4,950.00
NHC Advantage MGMCD $4,950.00
Aetna KCCarePlus $5,752.00
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $6,578.43
United AllPayerAppendix $7,134.00
CorVel Corporation KSWC $7,811.89
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $8,017.46
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $8,140.81
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $8,388.00
Aetna Local $8,710.00
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $9,040.00
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $9,328.00
Oscar HIX $9,733.00
Aetna National $9,823.00
Cigna LocalKC $10,003.00
Cigna Comm $12,504.00
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $14,300.00

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Hysteroscopy ablation at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $9,339.69 $4,208.23 – $6,209.66
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $7,628.46 $1,611.29 – $10,221.60
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $16,480.70 $206.17 – $32,146.93
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $12,541.59 $207.20 – $9,479.57
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $361.14 – $10,806.00
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $361.14 – $10,806.00
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $414.67 – $6,559.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $361.14 – $10,806.00

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