Insulin suppression panel 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.

$43.01 with United vs $384.21 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
United KSMGMCD $43.01
HealthyBlue MGMCD $43.87
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $44.30
Unicare MGMCD $44.73
Amerigroup MGMCD $44.73
Home State Health Plan MCD $45.16
United MOMGMCD $73.12
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $83.97
Cigna LocalKC $101.19
Cigna Comm $125.95
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $156.50
BCBS TRICARE $159.28
BCBS MCRHMO $163.95
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $163.95
BCBS MCRPPO $163.95
Humana MGMCRHMO $165.61
Devoted Health MGMCR $165.61
Humana MGMCRPPO $165.61
United VACCN $165.61
United AllPayerAppendix $165.61
Humana PFFS $165.61
Celtic MCR $168.92
Wellcare MCR $168.92
United MGMCR $168.92
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $168.92
Pyramid Life MCR $177.20
Aetna IVLHIX $223.57
Aetna KCCarePlus $233.51
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $240.35
Oscar HIX $251.73
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $264.53
BCBS BlueAccess $264.53
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $264.53
CorVel Corporation KSWC $285.42
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $292.93
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $297.44
Aetna Local $313.00
Humana ASO $330.57
Humana POS $330.57
Humana HMO $330.57
Humana EPO $330.57
Humana PPO $330.57
Aetna National $384.21

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Insulin suppression panel at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $165.61 – $557.08
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $165.61 – $557.08
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $162.30 – $288.55
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $165.61 – $557.08
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $165.61 – $557.08
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $165.61 – $557.08
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $149.05 – $298.10
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton not published $165.61 – $557.08

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