Injection glatiramer acetate 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.

$45.58 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $427.81 with United — 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
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $45.58
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $65.22
NHC Advantage MGMCD $66.62
Oscar HIX $66.62
NHC Advantage MGMCR $66.62
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $70.13
HealthyBlue MGMCD $70.13
Humana EPO $73.98
Humana HMO $73.98
Humana ASO $73.98
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $77.14
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $77.14
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $77.14
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $86.96
United OptionsPPO $88.01
Humana PPO $92.92
Humana POS $92.92
BCBS PC $101.68
BCBS FreedomNetwork $101.68
Cigna LocalKC $103.51
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $105.19
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $105.19
BCBS BlueAccess $105.19
Aetna IVLHIX $107.29
Universal Healthcare MCR $122.72
Cigna Comm $129.38
Coventry WCOMP $140.95
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $143.76
College Park Family Care Center COMM $150.77
United GlobalBenefitPlan $157.78
BCBS Traditional $161.29
BCBS Participating $161.29
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $175.31
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $185.83
CorVel Corporation MOWC $227.91
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $259.47
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $280.50
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $280.50
Global Sports Services WCOMP $280.50
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $298.04
CCO, Inc. COMM $298.04
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $315.57
United AllPayerAppendix $427.81

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Injection glatiramer acetate at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $716.74 $91.25 – $376.99
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $58.65 – $283.09
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $58.65 – $283.09
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $52.27 – $171.57
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $58.65 – $283.09
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $58.65 – $283.09
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $58.65 – $283.09
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $181.86 – $181.86

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