Lymphocyte culture mixed 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.
$18.53 with Cigna vs $138.16 with Humana — 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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| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $18.53 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $22.33 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $27.80 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $34.55 | — |
| BCBS | TRICARE | $35.16 | — |
| Coventry | MedicareAdvantage | $36.19 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $36.19 | — |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $36.19 | — |
| Humana | MGMCRPPO | $36.56 | — |
| Humana | PFFS | $36.56 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $36.56 | — |
| United | KSMGMCD | $36.56 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $36.56 | — |
| United | VACCN | $36.56 | — |
| Humana | MGMCRHMO | $36.56 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $37.29 | — |
| Celtic | MCR | $37.29 | — |
| United | MGMCR | $37.29 | — |
| Cigna | HealthspringMGMCR | $37.29 | — |
| Wellcare | MCR | $37.29 | — |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $37.66 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $38.02 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $38.02 | — |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $38.39 | — |
| Pyramid Life | MCR | $39.12 | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $49.36 | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $51.55 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $55.57 | — |
| United | MOMGMCD | $62.15 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $64.89 | — |
| Aetna | Local | $69.10 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $77.05 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $79.08 | — |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $80.30 | — |
| Aetna | National | $84.82 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $110.59 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $110.59 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $110.59 | — |
| Humana | POS | $138.16 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $138.16 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $138.16 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $138.16 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $138.16 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Lymphocyte culture mixed 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 | not published | $36.56 – $150.77 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | not published | $36.56 – $150.77 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | not published | $35.83 – $78.09 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | not published | $36.56 – $150.77 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | not published | $36.56 – $150.77 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | not published | $36.56 – $150.77 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | not published | $32.90 – $65.81 |
| SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton | Fenton | not published | $36.56 – $150.77 |