MRI 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.

$25.00 with Global Sports Services vs $15,129.69 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
Global Sports Services WCOMP $25.00
United KSMGMCD $415.56
HealthyBlue MGMCD $423.87
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $428.03
Amerigroup MGMCD $432.18
Unicare MGMCD $432.18
Home State Health Plan MCD $436.34
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $485.39
CorVel Corporation KSWC $576.40
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $591.57
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $600.67
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $634.80
United MOMGMCD $706.45
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $888.26
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $889.47
BCBS BlueAccess $889.47
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $889.47
Humana HMO $997.43
Humana EPO $997.43
Humana ASO $997.43
Cigna LocalKC $1,058.81
Aetna IVLHIX $1,074.00
Aetna KCCarePlus $1,125.00
Humana PPO $1,287.57
Humana POS $1,287.57
Cigna Comm $1,321.73
Aetna Local $1,514.00
United AllPayerAppendix $1,609.16
Aetna National $1,836.00
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $2,185.40
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $3,126.80
NHC Advantage MGMCD $3,194.05
NHC Advantage MGMCR $3,194.05
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $3,362.15
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $3,698.37
United OptionsPPO $4,219.50
BCBS PC $4,875.12
BCBS FreedomNetwork $4,875.12
Universal Healthcare MCR $5,883.77
Coventry WCOMP $6,757.93
Aetna FHMedicalRental $6,757.93
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $6,892.42
College Park Family Care Center COMM $7,228.63
United GlobalBenefitPlan $7,564.85
BCBS Participating $7,732.95
BCBS Traditional $7,732.95
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $8,405.39
Aetna NATIONALNAP $8,573.49
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $8,909.71
CorVel Corporation MOWC $10,927.00
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $12,439.97
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $13,448.62
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $14,289.15
CCO, Inc. COMM $14,289.15
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $15,129.69

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MRI 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 $1,415.15 $371.32 – $1,749.52
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,415.15 $371.32 – $1,749.52
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $2,221.45 $426.36 – $1,687.95
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,415.15 $371.32 – $1,749.52
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,415.15 $371.32 – $1,749.52
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,415.15 $371.32 – $1,749.52
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $1,304.16 $722.91 – $1,413.34
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $1,774.50 $518.22 – $3,075.32

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