Urinalysis glass test 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

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Cash price

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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

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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.

$2.39 with Cigna vs $10.90 with Aetna — 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
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $2.39
Cigna LocalKC $2.88
Cigna Comm $3.58
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $4.44
BCBS TRICARE $4.52
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $4.65
BCBS MCRHMO $4.65
BCBS MCRPPO $4.65
Humana MGMCRPPO $4.70
United VACCN $4.70
Devoted Health MGMCR $4.70
United KSMGMCD $4.70
United AllPayerAppendix $4.70
Humana PFFS $4.70
Humana MGMCRHMO $4.70
Wellcare MCR $4.79
United MGMCR $4.79
Celtic MCR $4.79
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $4.79
HealthyBlue MGMCD $4.79
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $4.84
Unicare MGMCD $4.89
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.89
Home State Health Plan MCD $4.94
Pyramid Life MCR $5.03
Aetna IVLHIX $6.34
Aetna KCCarePlus $6.62
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $6.75
Oscar HIX $7.14
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $7.22
BCBS BlueAccess $7.22
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $7.22
United MOMGMCD $7.99
CorVel Corporation KSWC $8.02
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $8.23
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $8.36
Aetna Local $8.88
Humana ASO $9.03
Humana POS $9.03
Humana HMO $9.03
Humana EPO $9.03
Humana PPO $9.03
Aetna National $10.90

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Urinalysis glass test at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $4.70 – $15.70
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $4.70 – $15.70
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $4.61 – $8.13
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $4.70 – $15.70
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $4.70 – $15.70
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $4.70 – $15.70
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $4.23 – $8.46
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton not published $4.70 – $15.70

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