Inj mepivacaine hcl/10 ml 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.

$3.63 with BCBS vs $89.10 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
BCBS TRICARE $3.63
United KSMGMCD $3.75
Home State Health Plan MCD $3.81
HealthyBlue MGMCD $3.83
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $3.86
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.90
Unicare MGMCD $3.90
United MOMGMCD $6.17
United AllPayerAppendix $6.19
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $21.78
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $21.78
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $21.78
United OptionsPPO $24.85
BCBS FreedomNetwork $28.71
BCBS PC $28.71
BCBS BlueAccess $29.70
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $29.70
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $29.70
Coventry WCOMP $39.80
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $40.59
United GlobalBenefitPlan $44.55
BCBS Participating $45.54
BCBS Traditional $45.54
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $49.50
CorVel Corporation MOWC $64.35
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $73.26
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $79.20
Global Sports Services WCOMP $79.20
CCO, Inc. COMM $84.15
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $84.15
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $89.10

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Inj mepivacaine hcl/10 ml at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $59.57 $7.10 – $11.16
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $42.62 $7.10 – $15.98
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $4.45 – $5.75
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $4.45 – $5.75
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $7.33 – $8.21
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $4.45 – $5.75
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $4.45 – $5.75
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $4.45 – $5.75

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