Nm imaging pulmonary ventilation/perfusion 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 $4,193.77 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 $283.02
HealthyBlue MGMCD $288.68
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $291.51
Amerigroup MGMCD $294.34
Unicare MGMCD $294.34
Home State Health Plan MCD $297.17
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $384.06
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $434.20
CorVel Corporation KSWC $456.07
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $468.07
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $471.70
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $471.70
BCBS BlueAccess $471.70
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $475.27
United MOMGMCD $481.13
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $599.63
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $605.77
Cigna LocalKC $714.75
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $866.71
NHC Advantage MGMCD $885.35
NHC Advantage MGMCR $885.35
Cigna Comm $892.24
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $931.95
Humana HMO $983.21
Humana ASO $983.21
Humana EPO $983.21
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $1,025.14
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15
United OptionsPPO $1,169.59
Humana POS $1,234.83
Humana PPO $1,234.83
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,351.32
BCBS PC $1,351.32
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,630.91
Coventry WCOMP $1,873.22
Aetna FHMedicalRental $1,873.22
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,910.49
College Park Family Care Center COMM $2,003.69
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,096.88
BCBS Traditional $2,143.48
BCBS Participating $2,143.48
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $2,329.87
Aetna NATIONALNAP $2,376.47
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $2,469.66
CorVel Corporation MOWC $3,028.83
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $3,448.21
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $3,727.79
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $3,960.78
CCO, Inc. COMM $3,960.78
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $4,193.77
Aetna National not published by hospital
Aetna Local not published by hospital
Aetna KCCarePlus not published by hospital
Aetna IVLHIX not published by hospital

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Nm imaging pulmonary ventilation/perfusion at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $815.65 $294.66 – $900.18
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $815.65 $294.66 – $900.18
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,129.15 $338.34 – $722.43
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $815.65 $294.66 – $978.80
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $815.65 $294.66 – $900.18
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $815.65 $294.66 – $900.18
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $1,061.94 $540.86 – $978.92
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $1,925.30 $283.02 – $706.64

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