Lev 1 hosp type b ed visit at CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER
19600 E 39TH ST, Independence, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1942247044
$1,885.20
Cash price 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.
$1,885.20
Gross charge 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.
$13.71 with United vs $1,696.68 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | KSMGMCD | $13.71 | ↓ -99% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $13.98 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $14.26 | ↓ -99% |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $14.26 | ↓ -99% |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $14.40 | ↓ -99% |
| United | MOMGMCD | $23.31 | ↓ -99% |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $75.00 | ↓ -96% |
| Oscar | HIX | $300.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $316.00 | ↓ -83% |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $320.00 | ↓ -83% |
| Humana | EPO | $397.78 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | HMO | $397.78 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | ASO | $397.78 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $414.74 | ↓ -78% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $436.00 | ↓ -77% |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $467.53 | ↓ -75% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $473.19 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | PPO | $499.58 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | POS | $499.58 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | PC | $546.71 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $546.71 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $556.51 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $565.56 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $565.56 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $565.56 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $576.87 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $620.23 | ↓ -67% |
| Cigna | Comm | $695.64 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | Local | $740.88 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $757.85 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $757.85 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $772.93 | ↓ -59% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $848.34 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | Participating | $867.19 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $867.19 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | National | $906.78 | ↓ -52% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $942.60 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $961.45 | ↓ -49% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $999.16 | ↓ -47% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $1,225.38 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $1,395.05 | ↓ -26% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $1,508.16 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $1,602.42 | ↓ -15% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $1,602.42 | ↓ -15% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $1,696.68 | ↓ -10% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Lev 1 hosp type b ed visit at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospital Lincoln | Troy | $130.65 | $100.34 – $110.37 |
| LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER | Lee's Summit | not published | $13.71 – $14.40 |
| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $13.98 – $19.88 |
| LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER | Lexington | not published | $13.71 – $14.26 |