Upper GI Barium X-ray (barium and gas) 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 $4,312.27 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 | $101.17 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $103.19 | — |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $104.21 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $105.22 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $105.22 | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $106.29 | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $117.31 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $119.85 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $142.32 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $146.06 | — |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $148.31 | — |
| Aetna | Local | $155.89 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $158.49 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $168.84 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $168.84 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $168.84 | — |
| Aetna | National | $192.10 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $216.87 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $251.11 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $314.71 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $401.74 | — |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $622.88 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $891.20 | — |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $910.37 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $910.37 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $910.37 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $1,054.11 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $1,082.86 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $1,082.86 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $1,082.86 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,169.10 | — |
| Humana | POS | $1,365.55 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $1,365.55 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $1,389.51 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $1,389.51 | — |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $1,676.99 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $1,926.15 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $1,964.48 | — |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $2,060.31 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $2,156.13 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,204.05 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $2,204.05 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $2,395.70 | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $2,539.45 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $3,114.42 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $3,545.64 | — |
| Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $3,833.13 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $4,072.70 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $4,072.70 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $4,312.27 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Upper GI Barium X-ray (barium and gas) 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 | $570.90 | $92.48 – $280.87 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $570.90 | $92.48 – $280.87 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $574.20 | $106.19 – $226.76 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $570.90 | $92.48 – $357.10 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $570.90 | $92.48 – $280.87 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $570.90 | $92.48 – $280.87 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $989.34 | $159.50 – $316.23 |
| Mercy Hospital Aurora | Aurora | $666.25 | $41.00 – $233.71 |