Warde 3400652 smear complex special stain ova/parasites 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

$415.87

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.

$415.87

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.

$9.12 with Cigna vs $374.28 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
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $9.12 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalKC $10.99 ↓ -97%
Cigna Comm $13.68 ↓ -97%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $16.99 ↓ -96%
BCBS TRICARE $17.29 ↓ -96%
BCBS MCRHMO $17.80 ↓ -96%
BCBS MCRPPO $17.80 ↓ -96%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $17.80 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $17.98 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health MGMCR $17.98 ↓ -96%
Humana PFFS $17.98 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCRHMO $17.98 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCRPPO $17.98 ↓ -96%
United KSMGMCD $17.98 ↓ -96%
United VACCN $17.98 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $18.34 ↓ -96%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $18.34 ↓ -96%
Celtic MCR $18.34 ↓ -96%
United MGMCR $18.34 ↓ -96%
Wellcare MCR $18.34 ↓ -96%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $18.52 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $18.70 ↓ -96%
Unicare MGMCD $18.70 ↓ -96%
Home State Health Plan MCD $18.88 ↓ -95%
Pyramid Life MCR $19.24 ↓ -95%
Aetna IVLHIX $24.27 ↓ -94%
Aetna KCCarePlus $25.35 ↓ -94%
Oscar HIX $27.33 ↓ -93%
United MOMGMCD $30.57 ↓ -93%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $32.18 ↓ -92%
Aetna Local $33.98 ↓ -92%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $37.86 ↓ -91%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $37.86 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueAccess $37.86 ↓ -91%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $38.22 ↓ -91%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $39.22 ↓ -91%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $39.83 ↓ -90%
Aetna National $41.71 ↓ -90%
Humana POS $43.98 ↓ -89%
Humana ASO $43.98 ↓ -89%
Humana HMO $43.98 ↓ -89%
Humana EPO $43.98 ↓ -89%
Humana PPO $43.98 ↓ -89%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $54.06 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $77.35 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $79.02 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $79.02 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $83.17 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $91.49 ↓ -78%
United OptionsPPO $104.38 ↓ -75%
BCBS PC $120.60 ↓ -71%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $120.60 ↓ -71%
Universal Healthcare MCR $145.55 ↓ -65%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $167.18 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $167.18 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $170.51 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $178.82 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $187.14 ↓ -55%
BCBS Participating $191.30 ↓ -54%
BCBS Traditional $191.30 ↓ -54%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $207.94 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $212.09 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $220.41 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $270.32 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $307.74 ↓ -26%
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $332.70 ↓ -20%
Global Sports Services WCOMP $332.70 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $353.49 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $353.49 ↓ -15%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $374.28 ↓ -10%

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Warde 3400652 smear complex special stain ova/parasites at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $54.45 $17.98 – $74.11
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $54.45 $17.98 – $74.11
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $36.85 $17.62 – $38.39
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $54.45 $17.98 – $74.11
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $54.45 $17.98 – $74.11
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $54.45 $17.98 – $74.11
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $79.20 $16.18 – $32.36
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $63.70 $17.64 – $29.67

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