IV Fluids (first hour) at CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER

19600 E 39TH ST, Independence, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1942247044

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 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.

$49.81 with United vs $2,294.77 with Multiplan — 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 $49.81 —
HealthyBlue MGMCD $50.81 —
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $51.30 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $51.80 —
Unicare MGMCD $51.80 —
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $159.23 —
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $227.82 —
NHC Advantage MGMCD $232.72 —
Oscar HIX $232.72 —
NHC Advantage MGMCR $232.72 —
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $232.72 —
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $269.46 —
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $269.46 —
Humana ASO $276.81 —
Humana HMO $276.81 —
Humana EPO $276.81 —
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $297.64 —
United OptionsPPO $298.86 —
Cigna LocalKC $346.63 —
Humana POS $349.08 —
Humana PPO $349.08 —
BCBS PC $355.20 —
BCBS FreedomNetwork $355.20 —
United AllPayerAppendix $358.56 —
BCBS BlueAccess $367.45 —
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $367.45 —
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $367.45 —
Aetna IVLHIX $374.80 —
Aetna KCCarePlus $402.97 —
Universal Healthcare MCR $428.69 —
Cigna Comm $433.59 —
Aetna Local $465.44 —
Coventry WCOMP $492.39 —
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $502.18 —
College Park Family Care Center COMM $526.68 —
Aetna National $551.18 —
United GlobalBenefitPlan $551.18 —
BCBS Traditional $563.43 —
BCBS Participating $563.43 —
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $612.42 —
CorVel Corporation MOWC $796.15 —
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $906.38 —
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $979.87 —
Global Sports Services WCOMP $979.87 —
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $979.87 —
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1,041.11 —
CCO, Inc. COMM $1,041.11 —
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1,102.36 —
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $2,294.77 —

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IV Fluids (first hour) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $337.70 $58.42 – $255.66
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $337.70 $58.42 – $255.66
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $423.50 $67.08 – $255.66
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $337.70 $58.42 – $58.42
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $337.70 $58.42 – $255.66
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $337.70 $58.42 – $255.66
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $316.25 $96.51 – $383.48
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $176.80 $49.81 – $276.60

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