MRA chest wo 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.

$17.49 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $1,836.00 with Aetna — 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
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $17.49
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $25.02
NHC Advantage MGMCD $25.56
NHC Advantage MGMCR $25.56
HealthyBlue MGMCD $26.90
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $26.90
Humana HMO $28.38
Humana ASO $28.38
Humana EPO $28.38
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $29.59
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $29.59
United OptionsPPO $33.76
Humana PPO $35.65
Humana POS $35.65
BCBS PC $39.01
BCBS FreedomNetwork $39.01
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $40.35
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $40.35
BCBS BlueAccess $40.35
Universal Healthcare MCR $47.08
Aetna FHMedicalRental $54.07
Coventry WCOMP $54.07
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $55.15
College Park Family Care Center COMM $57.84
United GlobalBenefitPlan $60.53
BCBS Participating $61.87
BCBS Traditional $61.87
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $67.25
Aetna NATIONALNAP $68.60
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $71.29
CorVel Corporation MOWC $87.43
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $99.54
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $107.61
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $107.61
CCO, Inc. COMM $114.33
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $114.33
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $121.06
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $271.84
Cigna LocalKC $324.03
Cigna Comm $404.49
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79
Aetna IVLHIX $1,074.00
Aetna KCCarePlus $1,125.00
Aetna Local $1,514.00
Aetna National $1,836.00

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MRA chest wo IV cont at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,045.00 $238.99 – $1,122.06
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,045.00 $238.99 – $1,122.06
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,720.40 $234.21 – $1,082.56
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,045.00 $285.66 – $1,122.06
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,045.00 $238.99 – $1,122.06
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,045.00 $238.99 – $1,122.06
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $1,133.22 $237.67 – $430.18
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $1,750.45 $246.40 – $317.33

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