Thyrotropin alfa 0.9 mg intramuscular solution at CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER
19600 E 39TH ST, Independence, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1942247044
$6,523.23
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.
$6,523.23
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.
$1,435.11 with BCBS vs $5,870.91 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 |
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| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $1,435.11 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $1,435.11 | ↓ -78% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,637.33 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $1,891.74 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | PC | $1,891.74 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | TRICARE | $2,078.71 | ↓ -68% |
| United | KSMGMCD | $2,125.64 | ↓ -67% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $2,168.15 | ↓ -67% |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $2,182.65 | ↓ -67% |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $2,189.41 | ↓ -66% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $2,210.67 | ↓ -66% |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $2,210.67 | ↓ -66% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $2,622.34 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $2,674.52 | ↓ -59% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $2,935.45 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,000.69 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS | Participating | $3,000.69 | ↓ -54% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $3,261.61 | ↓ -50% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $3,507.31 | ↓ -46% |
| United | MOMGMCD | $3,533.81 | ↓ -46% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $4,240.10 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $4,827.19 | ↓ -26% |
| Global Sports Services | WCOMP | $5,218.58 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $5,218.58 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $5,544.75 | ↓ -15% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $5,544.75 | ↓ -15% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $5,870.91 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | not published by hospital | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | not published by hospital | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | not published by hospital | — |
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| Mercy Hospital Southeast | Cape Girardeau | $3,359.48 | $1,402.72 – $7,396.34 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $4,499.05 | $495.60 – $4,551.42 |
| RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER | Kansas City | $6,751.54 | $2,078.71 – $2,515.24 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | not published | $2,158.66 – $3,537.04 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | not published | $2,158.66 – $3,537.04 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | not published | $2,067.91 – $3,925.78 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | not published | $2,461.92 – $3,537.04 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | not published | $2,158.66 – $3,537.04 |