Tilt table study 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.
$601.41 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $8,300.00 with Universal Healthcare — 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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| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $601.41 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $925.25 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $976.14 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $976.14 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $976.14 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $1,017.77 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $1,017.77 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $1,087.34 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $1,087.34 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $1,087.34 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $1,147.31 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,161.19 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $1,225.95 | — |
| Humana | POS | $1,225.95 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,264.00 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $1,341.61 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $1,341.61 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $1,365.67 | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $1,415.63 | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $1,522.03 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $1,707.08 | — |
| Aetna | Local | $1,818.11 | — |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $1,859.75 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $1,859.75 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $1,896.76 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $2,081.81 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,128.07 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $2,128.07 | — |
| Aetna | National | $2,225.22 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $2,313.12 | — |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $2,359.38 | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $2,451.91 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $3,007.06 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $3,423.42 | — |
| Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $3,700.99 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $3,700.99 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $3,932.30 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $3,932.30 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $4,163.62 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $7,950.00 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $7,950.00 | — |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $8,300.00 | — |
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Tilt table study 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 | $997.70 | $64.20 – $448.51 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $997.70 | $64.20 – $448.51 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $1,091.20 | $73.72 – $537.00 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $997.70 | $64.20 – $541.00 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $997.70 | $64.20 – $448.51 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $997.70 | $64.20 – $448.51 |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast | Cape Girardeau | $1,840.15 | $246.68 – $2,397.98 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $2,084.55 | $63.38 – $1,020.43 |