Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction 1st hour 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

$727.98

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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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$727.98

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.

$46.56 with United vs $655.18 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 $46.56 ↓ -94%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $47.49 ↓ -93%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $47.96 ↓ -93%
Unicare MGMCD $48.42 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MGMCD $48.42 ↓ -93%
Home State Health Plan MCD $48.89 ↓ -93%
United MOMGMCD $79.15 ↓ -89%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $94.64 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $135.40 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $138.32 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $138.32 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $138.32 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $145.60 ↓ -80%
Humana ASO $153.60 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $153.60 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $153.60 ↓ -79%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $160.16 ↓ -78%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $160.16 ↓ -78%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $180.54 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $182.72 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $192.91 ↓ -74%
Humana POS $192.91 ↓ -74%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $211.11 ↓ -71%
BCBS PC $211.11 ↓ -71%
Cigna LocalKC $214.90 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $218.39 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $218.39 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $218.39 ↓ -70%
Aetna IVLHIX $222.76 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $239.51 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $254.79 ↓ -65%
Cigna Comm $268.62 ↓ -63%
Aetna Local $286.10 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $292.65 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $292.65 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $298.47 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $313.03 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $327.59 ↓ -55%
BCBS Traditional $334.87 ↓ -54%
BCBS Participating $334.87 ↓ -54%
Aetna National $350.16 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $363.99 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $371.27 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $385.83 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $473.19 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $538.71 ↓ -26%
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $582.38 ↓ -20%
Global Sports Services WCOMP $582.38 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $582.38 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $618.78 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $618.78 ↓ -15%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $655.18 ↓ -10%

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Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction 1st hour at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $366.30 $44.10 – $159.92
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $366.30 $44.10 – $159.92
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $385.55 $50.64 – $159.92
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $366.30 $44.10 – $44.10
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $366.30 $44.10 – $159.92
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $366.30 $44.10 – $159.92
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $220.51 $75.95 – $239.87
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $140.40 $46.56 – $169.23

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