Ultrasound Guidance for a Needle Procedure 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.
$25.00 with Global Sports Services vs $4,379.53 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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| Global Sports Services | WCOMP | $25.00 | — |
| United | KSMGMCD | $31.20 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $31.82 | — |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $32.14 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $32.45 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $32.45 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $36.10 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $42.86 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $43.99 | — |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $44.67 | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $177.86 | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $196.31 | — |
| Aetna | Local | $260.87 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $300.93 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $300.93 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $300.93 | — |
| Aetna | National | $321.47 | — |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $632.60 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $905.10 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $924.57 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $924.57 | — |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $924.57 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $1,070.55 | — |
| Coventry | MedicareAdvantage | $1,070.55 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $1,070.55 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $1,099.75 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $1,099.75 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $1,099.75 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $1,182.47 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,187.34 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $1,377.12 | — |
| Humana | POS | $1,386.85 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $1,386.85 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $1,411.18 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $1,411.18 | — |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $1,703.15 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $1,722.61 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $1,956.19 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $1,995.12 | — |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $2,092.44 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $2,189.76 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,238.42 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $2,238.42 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $2,433.07 | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $2,579.05 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $3,162.99 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $3,600.94 | — |
| Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $3,892.91 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $4,136.22 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $4,136.22 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $4,379.53 | — |
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Ultrasound Guidance for a Needle Procedure 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 | $728.20 | $27.27 – $84.65 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $728.20 | $27.27 – $84.65 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $800.80 | $31.31 – $67.94 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $728.20 | $27.27 – $84.65 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $728.20 | $27.27 – $84.65 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $728.20 | $27.27 – $84.65 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $520.77 | $284.29 – $284.29 |
| Mercy Hospital Aurora | Aurora | $670.15 | $31.20 – $31.20 |