Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (with and without contrast) at CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER
19600 E 39TH ST, Independence, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1942247044
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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.
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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.
$25.00 with Global Sports Services vs $8,354.53 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 |
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| Global Sports Services | WCOMP | $25.00 | — |
| United | KSMGMCD | $101.17 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $103.19 | — |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $104.21 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $105.22 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $105.22 | — |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $106.23 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $158.49 | — |
| United | MOMGMCD | $171.99 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $203.82 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $242.96 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $268.84 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $303.29 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $319.25 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $327.65 | — |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $332.69 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $401.74 | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $474.00 | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $498.00 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $505.57 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $505.57 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $505.57 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $566.80 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $566.80 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $566.80 | — |
| Aetna | Local | $667.00 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $731.66 | — |
| Humana | POS | $731.66 | — |
| Aetna | National | $811.00 | — |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $1,206.77 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $1,726.60 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $1,763.73 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $1,763.73 | — |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $1,856.56 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $2,042.22 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,329.99 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $2,692.01 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $2,692.01 | — |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $3,248.98 | — |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $3,731.69 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $3,731.69 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $3,805.95 | — |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $3,991.61 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $4,177.26 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $4,270.09 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $4,270.09 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $4,641.40 | — |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $4,734.23 | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $4,919.89 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $6,033.83 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $6,869.28 | — |
| Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $7,426.25 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $7,890.39 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $7,890.39 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $8,354.53 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (with and without contrast) at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $1,222.65 | $175.68 – $806.49 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $1,222.65 | $175.68 – $806.49 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $1,596.10 | $172.17 – $1,007.11 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $1,222.65 | $206.80 – $806.49 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $1,222.65 | $175.68 – $806.49 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $1,222.65 | $175.68 – $806.49 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $1,302.84 | $174.72 – $316.23 |
| Mercy Hospital Aurora | Aurora | $2,050.75 | $101.17 – $233.71 |