MRA chest w IV cont 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.

$426.64 with Cigna vs $12,360.04 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
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $426.64
Cigna LocalKC $508.55
Cigna Comm $634.84
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
Aetna IVLHIX $1,074.00
Aetna KCCarePlus $1,125.00
Aetna Local $1,514.00
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $1,785.34
Aetna National $1,836.00
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $2,554.41
NHC Advantage MGMCR $2,609.34
NHC Advantage MGMCD $2,609.34
HealthyBlue MGMCD $2,746.68
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $2,746.68
Humana EPO $2,897.74
Humana HMO $2,897.74
Humana ASO $2,897.74
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $3,021.34
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $3,021.34
United OptionsPPO $3,447.08
Humana POS $3,639.35
Humana PPO $3,639.35
BCBS FreedomNetwork $3,982.68
BCBS PC $3,982.68
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $4,120.01
BCBS BlueAccess $4,120.01
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $4,120.01
Universal Healthcare MCR $4,806.68
Coventry WCOMP $5,520.82
Aetna FHMedicalRental $5,520.82
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $5,630.69
College Park Family Care Center COMM $5,905.35
United GlobalBenefitPlan $6,180.02
BCBS Traditional $6,317.35
BCBS Participating $6,317.35
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $6,866.69
Aetna NATIONALNAP $7,004.02
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $7,278.69
CorVel Corporation MOWC $8,926.70
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $10,162.70
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $10,986.70
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $10,986.70
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $11,673.37
CCO, Inc. COMM $11,673.37
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $12,360.04

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MRA chest w IV cont at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,149.50 $349.44 – $1,220.73
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,149.50 $349.44 – $1,220.73
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,916.75 $342.45 – $1,177.77
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,149.50 $474.45 – $1,220.73
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,149.50 $349.44 – $1,220.73
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,149.50 $349.44 – $1,220.73
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $1,180.08 $347.51 – $628.99
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $2,119.00 $360.27 – $468.85

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