MRI lower extremity other than joint without contrast (both sides) 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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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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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 $10,043.51 with FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $131.00
HealthyBlue MGMCD $133.62
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $134.93
Unicare MGMCD $136.24
Amerigroup MGMCD $136.24
Home State Health Plan MCD $137.55
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $204.16
United MOMGMCD $222.70
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $271.84
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $313.26
Cigna LocalKC $324.03
CorVel Corporation KSWC $372.00
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $381.79
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $387.66
Cigna Comm $404.49
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $703.71
BCBS BlueAccess $703.71
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $703.71
Humana HMO $796.51
Humana ASO $796.51
Humana EPO $796.51
Humana PPO $1,028.20
Humana POS $1,028.20
Aetna IVLHIX $1,074.00
Aetna KCCarePlus $1,125.00
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $1,450.73
Aetna Local $1,514.00
Aetna National $1,836.00
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $2,075.66
NHC Advantage MGMCR $2,120.30
NHC Advantage MGMCD $2,120.30
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $2,231.89
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $2,455.08
United OptionsPPO $2,801.02
BCBS FreedomNetwork $3,236.24
BCBS PC $3,236.24
Universal Healthcare MCR $3,905.81
Aetna FHMedicalRental $4,486.10
Coventry WCOMP $4,486.10
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $4,575.37
College Park Family Care Center COMM $4,798.56
United GlobalBenefitPlan $5,021.75
BCBS Traditional $5,133.35
BCBS Participating $5,133.35
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $5,579.73
Aetna NATIONALNAP $5,691.32
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $5,914.51
CorVel Corporation MOWC $7,253.64
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $8,257.99
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $8,927.56
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $9,485.53
CCO, Inc. COMM $9,485.53
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $10,043.51

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MRI lower extremity other than joint without contrast (both sides) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,500.95 $238.99 – $1,075.69
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,500.95 $238.99 – $1,075.69
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,485.00 $234.21 – $1,037.83
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,500.95 $285.67 – $1,075.69
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,500.95 $238.99 – $1,075.69
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,500.95 $238.99 – $1,075.69
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $1,180.08 $237.67 – $430.18
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $2,535.00 $131.00 – $317.33

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