Renin stimulation panel 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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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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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.

$22.30 with Cigna vs $107.64 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $22.30
Cigna LocalKC $26.87
Cigna Comm $33.45
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $41.57
BCBS TRICARE $42.31
BCBS MCRPPO $43.55
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $43.55
BCBS MCRHMO $43.55
Devoted Health MGMCR $43.99
Humana PFFS $43.99
Humana MGMCRHMO $43.99
Humana MGMCRPPO $43.99
United VACCN $43.99
United AllPayerAppendix $43.99
United MGMCR $44.87
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $44.87
Celtic MCR $44.87
Wellcare MCR $44.87
Pyramid Life MCR $47.07
Aetna IVLHIX $59.39
Aetna KCCarePlus $62.03
Oscar HIX $66.86
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $78.38
Aetna Local $83.14
BCBS BlueAccess $86.18
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $86.18
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $86.18
CorVel Corporation KSWC $93.08
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $95.53
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $97.00
Aetna National $102.06
Humana PPO $107.64
Humana EPO $107.64
Humana HMO $107.64
Humana POS $107.64
Humana ASO $107.64

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Renin stimulation panel at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $43.99 – $181.40
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $43.99 – $181.40
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $43.11 – $93.96
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $43.99 – $181.40
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $43.99 – $181.40
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $43.99 – $181.40
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $39.59 – $79.18
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton not published $43.99 – $181.40

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