Middle cerebral artery echo 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 $245.18 with United — 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 | $59.96 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $61.16 | — |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $61.76 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $62.36 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $62.36 | — |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $62.96 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $75.42 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $89.57 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $91.92 | — |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $93.34 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $96.60 | — |
| United | MOMGMCD | $101.93 | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $105.64 | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $110.33 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $111.63 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $111.63 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $111.63 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $113.48 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $113.48 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $113.48 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $121.96 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $145.38 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $146.49 | — |
| Humana | POS | $146.49 | — |
| Aetna | Local | $147.89 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $181.48 | — |
| Aetna | National | $181.54 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Middle cerebral artery echo 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 | $278.85 | $57.36 – $176.81 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $278.85 | $57.36 – $176.81 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $278.85 | $57.36 – $217.94 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $278.85 | $57.36 – $176.81 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $278.85 | $57.36 – $176.81 |
| Mercy Hospital Carthage | Carthage | $319.15 | $46.63 – $192.05 |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast | Cape Girardeau | $564.20 | $69.11 – $671.83 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $260.65 | $46.63 – $455.25 |