Sigmoidoscopy w/plcmt stent at CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER
19600 E 39TH ST, Independence, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1942247044
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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.
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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.
$559.12 with United vs $10,174.00 with Cigna — 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 |
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| United | KSMGMCD | $559.12 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $570.30 | — |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $575.89 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $581.48 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $581.48 | — |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $587.08 | — |
| United | MOMGMCD | $950.50 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $1,566.00 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $1,566.00 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $1,566.00 | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $1,752.00 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $1,941.00 | — |
| Humana | POS | $1,941.00 | — |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $1,995.00 | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $2,005.00 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $2,550.00 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $2,550.00 | — |
| Aetna | Local | $2,775.00 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $3,071.00 | — |
| Aetna | National | $3,304.00 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $6,825.00 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $6,869.31 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $8,139.00 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $8,157.31 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $8,371.97 | — |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $8,500.77 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $10,174.00 | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | not published by hospital | — |
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Sigmoidoscopy w/plcmt stent at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | not published | $173.21 – $7,296.84 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | not published | $173.21 – $7,296.84 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | not published | $198.88 – $7,296.84 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | not published | $173.21 – $3,783.00 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | not published | $173.21 – $7,296.84 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | not published | $173.21 – $7,296.84 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | not published | $2,277.00 – $10,945.26 |
| SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton | Fenton | not published | $173.21 – $7,296.84 |