Paricalcitol 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.

$0.81 with BCBS vs $110.73 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
BCBS TRICARE $0.81
Home State Health Plan MCD $0.85
United KSMGMCD $0.97
HealthyBlue MGMCD $0.99
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $1.00
Amerigroup MGMCD $1.01
Unicare MGMCD $1.01
United MOMGMCD $1.38
United AllPayerAppendix $1.60
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $27.07
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $27.07
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $27.07
United OptionsPPO $30.88
BCBS FreedomNetwork $35.68
BCBS PC $35.68
BCBS BlueAccess $36.91
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $36.91
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $36.91
Coventry WCOMP $49.46
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $50.44
United GlobalBenefitPlan $55.36
BCBS Participating $56.59
BCBS Traditional $56.59
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $61.52
CorVel Corporation MOWC $79.97
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $91.04
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $98.42
Global Sports Services WCOMP $98.42
CCO, Inc. COMM $104.58
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $104.58
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $110.73

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Paricalcitol at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $49.24 $5.70 – $5.70
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $45.79 $1.80 – $4.36
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $120.01 $0.81 – $1.01
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City $110.25 $0.81 – $1.01
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $0.78 – $1.17
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $0.78 – $1.17
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $1.44 – $1.76
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $0.78 – $1.17

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