Pulse ox single 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

$529.40

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.

$529.40

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.

$9.03 with United vs $476.46 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
United KSMGMCD $9.03 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $9.21 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $9.30 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $9.39 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.39 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $9.48 ↓ -98%
United MOMGMCD $15.35 ↓ -97%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $68.82 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $98.47 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $100.59 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $100.59 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $100.59 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $105.88 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $111.70 ↓ -79%
Humana ASO $111.70 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $111.70 ↓ -79%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $116.47 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $116.47 ↓ -78%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $116.47 ↓ -78%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $131.29 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $132.88 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $140.29 ↓ -74%
Humana POS $140.29 ↓ -74%
BCBS PC $153.53 ↓ -71%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $153.53 ↓ -71%
Cigna LocalKC $156.28 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $158.82 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $158.82 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $158.82 ↓ -70%
Aetna IVLHIX $162.00 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $174.17 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $185.29 ↓ -65%
Cigna Comm $195.35 ↓ -63%
Aetna Local $208.05 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $212.82 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $212.82 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $217.05 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $227.64 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $238.23 ↓ -55%
BCBS Participating $243.52 ↓ -54%
BCBS Traditional $243.52 ↓ -54%
Aetna National $254.64 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $264.70 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $269.99 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $280.58 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $344.11 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $391.76 ↓ -26%
Global Sports Services WCOMP $423.52 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $423.52 ↓ -20%
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $423.52 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $449.99 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $449.99 ↓ -15%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $476.46 ↓ -10%

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Pulse ox single at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $66.95 $9.03 – $28.00
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $59.80 $9.03 – $9.03
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $68.90 $3.44 – $28.00
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis $114.40 $3.17 – $3.17
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $284.96 $9.03 – $9.48
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Lexington $186.85 $9.03 – $9.39
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City $644.22 $9.03 – $10.93
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $3.25 – $3.25

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