Intro long gi tube w/mult fluo 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.

$22.10 with United vs $2,833.28 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 $22.10
HealthyBlue MGMCD $22.54
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $22.76
Amerigroup MGMCD $22.98
Unicare MGMCD $22.98
Home State Health Plan MCD $23.21
Global Sports Services WCOMP $25.00
United MOMGMCD $37.57
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $48.27
BCBS BlueAccess $48.27
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $48.27
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $106.89
CorVel Corporation KSWC $126.93
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $130.27
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $132.27
Aetna IVLHIX $168.64
Aetna KCCarePlus $176.14
Humana ASO $219.75
Humana HMO $219.75
Humana EPO $219.75
Aetna Local $236.10
Humana PPO $283.67
Humana POS $283.67
Aetna National $289.82
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $409.25
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $585.54
NHC Advantage MGMCR $598.14
NHC Advantage MGMCD $598.14
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $629.62
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $692.58
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $692.58
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $692.58
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $780.73
United OptionsPPO $790.17
BCBS FreedomNetwork $912.95
BCBS PC $912.95
Cigna LocalKC $929.32
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,101.83
Cigna Comm $1,161.65
Aetna FHMedicalRental $1,265.53
Coventry WCOMP $1,265.53
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,290.72
College Park Family Care Center COMM $1,353.68
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,416.64
BCBS Participating $1,448.12
BCBS Traditional $1,448.12
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,574.05
Aetna NATIONALNAP $1,605.53
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,668.49
CorVel Corporation MOWC $2,046.26
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $2,329.59
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,518.47
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $2,675.88
CCO, Inc. COMM $2,675.88
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $2,833.28

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Intro long gi tube w/mult fluo at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $526.35 $118.79 – $362.54
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $526.35 $118.79 – $362.54
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $361.35 $136.40 – $290.96
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $526.35 $118.79 – $362.54
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $526.35 $118.79 – $362.54
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $526.35 $118.79 – $362.54
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $380.82 $180.71 – $180.71
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $154.05 $199.16 – $199.16

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