MRI tmj 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 $5,839.38 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 $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
Cigna LocalKC $324.03
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $325.30
CorVel Corporation KSWC $386.29
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $396.45
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $402.55
Cigna Comm $404.49
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $595.20
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $595.20
BCBS BlueAccess $595.20
Humana HMO $683.79
Humana EPO $683.79
Humana ASO $683.79
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $843.47
Humana PPO $882.70
Humana POS $882.70
Aetna IVLHIX $1,074.00
Aetna KCCarePlus $1,125.00
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $1,206.81
NHC Advantage MGMCR $1,232.76
NHC Advantage MGMCD $1,232.76
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $1,297.64
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $1,427.40
Aetna Local $1,514.00
United OptionsPPO $1,628.54
Aetna National $1,836.00
BCBS PC $1,881.58
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,881.58
Universal Healthcare MCR $2,270.87
Aetna FHMedicalRental $2,608.26
Coventry WCOMP $2,608.26
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $2,660.16
College Park Family Care Center COMM $2,789.93
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,919.69
BCBS Traditional $2,984.57
BCBS Participating $2,984.57
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $3,244.10
Aetna NATIONALNAP $3,308.98
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $3,438.75
CorVel Corporation MOWC $4,217.33
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $4,801.27
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $5,190.56
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $5,514.97
CCO, Inc. COMM $5,514.97
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $5,839.38

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MRI tmj at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,463.00 $238.99 – $1,075.88
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,463.00 $238.99 – $1,075.88
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,774.30 $234.21 – $1,038.02
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,463.00 $246.58 – $1,075.88
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,463.00 $238.99 – $1,075.88
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,463.00 $238.99 – $1,075.88
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $1,149.06 $237.67 – $430.18
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $1,335.10 $131.00 – $317.33

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