Pretreat rbc absorption reference at CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER
19600 E 39TH ST, Independence, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1942247044
$477.50
Cash price 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.
$477.50
Gross charge 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.
$0.51 with Cigna vs $429.75 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $0.51 | ↓ -100% |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $0.62 | ↓ -100% |
| Cigna | Comm | $0.77 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $31.54 | ↓ -93% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $33.84 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | PPO | $39.67 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | HMO | $39.67 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | POS | $39.67 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | ASO | $39.67 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | EPO | $39.67 | ↓ -92% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $53.47 | ↓ -89% |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $62.08 | ↓ -87% |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $63.50 | ↓ -87% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $65.17 | ↓ -86% |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $66.17 | ↓ -86% |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $88.81 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $90.72 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $90.72 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $90.72 | ↓ -81% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $95.50 | ↓ -80% |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $95.50 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $105.05 | ↓ -78% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $119.85 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $134.14 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $134.14 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $134.14 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $138.47 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | PC | $138.47 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $146.12 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $157.10 | ↓ -67% |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $167.13 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Local | $187.66 | ↓ -61% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $191.96 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $191.96 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $195.78 | ↓ -59% |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $205.32 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $214.88 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $219.65 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS | Participating | $219.65 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | National | $229.68 | ↓ -52% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $238.75 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $243.53 | ↓ -49% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $253.07 | ↓ -47% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $310.38 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $353.35 | ↓ -26% |
| Global Sports Services | WCOMP | $382.00 | ↓ -20% |
| Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $382.00 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $405.88 | ↓ -15% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $405.88 | ↓ -15% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $429.75 | ↓ -10% |
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Pretreat rbc absorption reference at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $109.45 | $33.84 – $118.77 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $109.45 | $33.84 – $118.77 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $196.35 | $33.84 – $70.91 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $109.45 | $33.84 – $118.77 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $109.45 | $33.84 – $118.77 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $109.45 | $33.84 – $118.77 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $160.60 | $30.46 – $106.36 |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln | Troy | $180.70 | $22.01 – $77.97 |