Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction 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

$696.05

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$696.05

Gross charge

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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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$69.09 with United vs $626.44 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

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 $69.09 ↓ -90%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $70.47 ↓ -90%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $71.16 ↓ -90%
Unicare MGMCD $71.85 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup MGMCD $71.85 ↓ -90%
Home State Health Plan MCD $72.54 ↓ -90%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $90.49 ↓ -87%
United MOMGMCD $117.45 ↓ -83%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $129.47 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $132.25 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $132.25 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $132.25 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $139.21 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $146.87 ↓ -79%
Humana ASO $146.87 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $146.87 ↓ -79%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $153.13 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $153.13 ↓ -78%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $172.62 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $174.71 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $184.45 ↓ -74%
Humana POS $184.45 ↓ -74%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $201.85 ↓ -71%
BCBS PC $201.85 ↓ -71%
Cigna LocalKC $205.47 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $208.81 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $208.81 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $208.81 ↓ -70%
Aetna IVLHIX $212.99 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $229.00 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $243.62 ↓ -65%
Cigna Comm $256.84 ↓ -63%
Aetna Local $273.55 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $279.81 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $279.81 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $285.38 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $299.30 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $313.22 ↓ -55%
BCBS Traditional $320.18 ↓ -54%
BCBS Participating $320.18 ↓ -54%
Aetna National $334.80 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $348.02 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $354.99 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $368.91 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $452.43 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $515.08 ↓ -26%
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $556.84 ↓ -20%
Global Sports Services WCOMP $556.84 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $556.84 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $591.64 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $591.64 ↓ -15%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $626.44 ↓ -10%

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Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $138.05 $18.66 – $263.20
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $138.05 $18.66 – $263.20
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $138.05 $21.43 – $263.20
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $138.05 $18.66 – $18.66
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $138.05 $18.66 – $263.20
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $138.05 $18.66 – $263.20
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $528.00 $31.44 – $394.80
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $140.40 $6.00 – $267.02

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