Mr elastography 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 $2,290.63 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 | $198.49 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $202.46 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $204.16 | — |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $204.44 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $206.43 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $206.43 | — |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $208.41 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $271.84 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $320.59 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $320.59 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $320.59 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $324.03 | — |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $330.87 | — |
| United | MOMGMCD | $337.43 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $404.49 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $473.40 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $483.58 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $483.58 | — |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $509.03 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $517.79 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $537.02 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $537.02 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $537.02 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $559.93 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $638.83 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $674.46 | — |
| Humana | POS | $674.46 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $738.09 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $738.09 | — |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $890.80 | — |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $1,023.15 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $1,023.15 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $1,043.51 | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $1,074.00 | — |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $1,094.41 | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $1,125.00 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $1,145.31 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $1,170.76 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,170.76 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $1,272.57 | — |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $1,298.02 | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $1,348.92 | — |
| Aetna | Local | $1,514.00 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $1,654.34 | — |
| Aetna | National | $1,836.00 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $1,883.40 | — |
| Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $2,036.11 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $2,036.11 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $2,163.37 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $2,163.37 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $2,290.63 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Mr elastography at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $182.05 | $210.57 – $818.34 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $1,420.25 | $125.25 – $1,074.01 |
| RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER | Kansas City | $920.70 | $198.49 – $1,074.00 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | not published | $183.39 – $848.20 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | not published | $183.39 – $848.20 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | not published | $183.39 – $848.20 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | not published | $183.39 – $848.20 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | not published | $183.39 – $848.20 |