Methadone injection 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

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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.

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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.

$19.67 with HealthyBlue vs $88.50 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
HealthyBlue MGMCD $19.67
BCBS TRICARE $20.91
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $21.63
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $21.63
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $21.63
United OptionsPPO $24.68
BCBS FreedomNetwork $28.52
BCBS PC $28.52
United AllPayerAppendix $29.21
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $29.50
BCBS BlueAccess $29.50
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $29.50
Coventry WCOMP $39.53
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $40.32
United GlobalBenefitPlan $44.25
BCBS Participating $45.23
BCBS Traditional $45.23
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $49.16
CorVel Corporation MOWC $63.91
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $72.76
Global Sports Services WCOMP $78.66
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $78.66
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $83.58
CCO, Inc. COMM $83.58
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $88.50

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Methadone injection at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $31.84 $3.57 – $41.32
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City $87.75 $20.91 – $29.21
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $26.69 – $34.43
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $26.69 – $34.43
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $35.85 – $49.26
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $26.69 – $34.43
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $26.69 – $34.43
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $26.69 – $34.43

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