Platelet automated 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

$589.15

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.

$589.15

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.

$2.27 with Cigna vs $530.24 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
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $2.27 ↓ -100%
Cigna LocalKC $2.74 ↓ -100%
Cigna Comm $3.40 ↓ -99%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $4.23 ↓ -99%
BCBS TRICARE $4.31 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRHMO $4.44 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $4.44 ↓ -99%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $4.44 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.48 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $4.48 ↓ -99%
Humana PFFS $4.48 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCRHMO $4.48 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCRPPO $4.48 ↓ -99%
United KSMGMCD $4.48 ↓ -99%
United VACCN $4.48 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $4.57 ↓ -99%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $4.57 ↓ -99%
Celtic MCR $4.57 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $4.57 ↓ -99%
Wellcare MCR $4.57 ↓ -99%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $4.61 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.66 ↓ -99%
Unicare MGMCD $4.66 ↓ -99%
Home State Health Plan MCD $4.70 ↓ -99%
Pyramid Life MCR $4.79 ↓ -99%
Aetna IVLHIX $6.05 ↓ -99%
Aetna KCCarePlus $6.32 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $6.81 ↓ -99%
United MOMGMCD $7.62 ↓ -99%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $7.78 ↓ -99%
Aetna Local $8.47 ↓ -99%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $9.24 ↓ -98%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $9.42 ↓ -98%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $9.42 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAccess $9.42 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $9.49 ↓ -98%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $9.63 ↓ -98%
Aetna National $10.40 ↓ -98%
Humana POS $10.94 ↓ -98%
Humana ASO $10.94 ↓ -98%
Humana HMO $10.94 ↓ -98%
Humana EPO $10.94 ↓ -98%
Humana PPO $10.94 ↓ -98%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $76.59 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $109.58 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $111.94 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $111.94 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $117.83 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $129.61 ↓ -78%
United OptionsPPO $147.88 ↓ -75%
BCBS PC $170.85 ↓ -71%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $170.85 ↓ -71%
Universal Healthcare MCR $206.20 ↓ -65%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $236.84 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $236.84 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $241.55 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $253.33 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $265.12 ↓ -55%
BCBS Participating $271.01 ↓ -54%
BCBS Traditional $271.01 ↓ -54%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $294.57 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $300.47 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $312.25 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $382.95 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $435.97 ↓ -26%
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $471.32 ↓ -20%
Global Sports Services WCOMP $471.32 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $500.78 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $500.78 ↓ -15%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $530.24 ↓ -10%

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