L/s ratio fetal lung 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

$1,547.09

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.

$1,547.09

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.

$11.15 with Cigna vs $1,392.38 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
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $11.15 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $13.43 ↓ -99%
Cigna Comm $16.72 ↓ -99%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $20.78 ↓ -99%
BCBS TRICARE $21.15 ↓ -99%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $21.77 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $21.77 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRHMO $21.77 ↓ -99%
Humana PFFS $21.99 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $21.99 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $21.99 ↓ -99%
United VACCN $21.99 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCRHMO $21.99 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCRPPO $21.99 ↓ -99%
Celtic MCR $22.43 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $22.43 ↓ -99%
Wellcare MCR $22.43 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $22.43 ↓ -99%
Pyramid Life MCR $23.53 ↓ -98%
Aetna IVLHIX $29.69 ↓ -98%
Aetna KCCarePlus $31.01 ↓ -98%
United KSMGMCD $31.60 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $32.23 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $32.55 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $32.86 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $32.86 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $33.18 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $33.42 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $38.94 ↓ -97%
Aetna Local $41.56 ↓ -97%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $43.05 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAccess $43.05 ↓ -97%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $43.05 ↓ -97%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $46.24 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $47.45 ↓ -97%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $48.18 ↓ -97%
Aetna National $51.02 ↓ -97%
United MOMGMCD $53.72 ↓ -97%
Humana ASO $53.80 ↓ -97%
Humana POS $53.80 ↓ -97%
Humana HMO $53.80 ↓ -97%
Humana PPO $53.80 ↓ -97%
Humana EPO $53.80 ↓ -97%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $201.12 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $287.76 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $293.95 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $293.95 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $309.42 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $340.36 ↓ -78%
United OptionsPPO $388.32 ↓ -75%
BCBS PC $448.66 ↓ -71%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $448.66 ↓ -71%
Universal Healthcare MCR $541.48 ↓ -65%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $621.93 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $621.93 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $634.31 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $665.25 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $696.19 ↓ -55%
BCBS Participating $711.66 ↓ -54%
BCBS Traditional $711.66 ↓ -54%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $773.54 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $789.02 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $819.96 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $1,005.61 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $1,144.85 ↓ -26%
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,237.67 ↓ -20%
Global Sports Services WCOMP $1,237.67 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1,315.03 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $1,315.03 ↓ -15%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1,392.38 ↓ -10%

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L/s ratio fetal lung at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $227.70 $21.99 – $90.65
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $227.70 $21.99 – $90.65
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $227.70 $21.99 – $90.65
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $227.70 $21.99 – $90.65
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $227.70 $21.99 – $90.65
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $191.10 $22.67 – $31.60
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $222.30 $21.99 – $31.14
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $234.65 $19.56 – $81.43

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