Pulse ox multiple 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

$49.91

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.

$49.91

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.

$6.49 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $44.92 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
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $6.49 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $9.28 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $9.48 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $9.48 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $9.48 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $9.98 ↓ -80%
Humana EPO $10.53 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $10.53 ↓ -79%
Humana ASO $10.53 ↓ -79%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $10.98 ↓ -78%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $10.98 ↓ -78%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $10.98 ↓ -78%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $12.38 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $12.53 ↓ -75%
Humana POS $13.23 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $13.23 ↓ -73%
BCBS PC $14.47 ↓ -71%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $14.47 ↓ -71%
Cigna LocalKC $14.73 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $14.97 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $14.97 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $14.97 ↓ -70%
Aetna IVLHIX $15.27 ↓ -69%
United KSMGMCD $15.60 ↓ -69%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $15.91 ↓ -68%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $16.07 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup MGMCD $16.22 ↓ -68%
Unicare MGMCD $16.22 ↓ -68%
Home State Health Plan MCD $16.38 ↓ -67%
Aetna KCCarePlus $16.42 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $17.47 ↓ -65%
Cigna Comm $18.42 ↓ -63%
Aetna Local $19.61 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $20.06 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $20.06 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $20.46 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $21.46 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $22.46 ↓ -55%
BCBS Participating $22.96 ↓ -54%
BCBS Traditional $22.96 ↓ -54%
Aetna National $24.01 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $24.95 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $25.45 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $26.45 ↓ -47%
United MOMGMCD $26.52 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $32.44 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $36.93 ↓ -26%
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $39.93 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $39.93 ↓ -20%
Global Sports Services WCOMP $39.93 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $42.42 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $42.42 ↓ -15%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $44.92 ↓ -10%

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Pulse ox multiple at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $272.25 $5.04 – $5.04
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $272.25 $5.04 – $5.04
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $134.20 $5.79 – $10.69
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $272.25 $5.04 – $5.04
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $272.25 $5.04 – $5.04
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $272.25 $5.04 – $5.04
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $163.15 $15.60 – $28.00
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $156.00 $3.31 – $15.60

All Missouri hospitals for this procedure →