Lev 5 hosp type b ed visit 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

$5,483.41

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.

$5,483.41

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.

$94.23 with United vs $4,935.07 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 $94.23 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $96.11 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $98.00 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $98.00 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $98.94 ↓ -98%
United MOMGMCD $160.19 ↓ -97%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $400.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna IVLHIX $772.00 ↓ -86%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $1,019.91 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $1,096.68 ↓ -80%
Humana ASO $1,157.00 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $1,157.00 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $1,157.00 ↓ -79%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $1,206.35 ↓ -78%
Aetna KCCarePlus $1,334.00 ↓ -76%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $1,359.89 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $1,376.34 ↓ -75%
Humana POS $1,453.10 ↓ -74%
Humana PPO $1,453.10 ↓ -74%
BCBS PC $1,590.19 ↓ -71%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,590.19 ↓ -71%
Cigna LocalKC $1,618.70 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $1,645.02 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $1,645.02 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $1,645.02 ↓ -70%
Aetna Local $1,831.00 ↓ -67%
Cigna Comm $2,023.38 ↓ -63%
Aetna National $2,176.00 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $2,204.33 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $2,204.33 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $2,248.20 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,467.53 ↓ -55%
BCBS Traditional $2,522.37 ↓ -54%
BCBS Participating $2,522.37 ↓ -54%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $2,741.70 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $2,796.54 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $2,906.21 ↓ -47%
Oscar HIX $3,336.00 ↓ -39%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $3,564.22 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $4,057.72 ↓ -26%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $4,386.73 ↓ -20%
United AllPayerAppendix $4,583.00 ↓ -16%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $4,660.90 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $4,660.90 ↓ -15%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $4,935.07 ↓ -10%

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Lev 5 hosp type b ed visit at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $564.20 $482.03 – $530.24
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $2,600.93 $94.23 – $98.94
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City $5,851.79 $94.23 – $114.02
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $96.11 – $136.63
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Lexington not published $94.23 – $98.00

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