X-ray bone age studies 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.

$17.58 with Multiplan vs $1,470.55 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
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $17.58
CorVel Corporation KSWC $20.88
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $21.43
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $21.76
Aetna IVLHIX $22.10
Aetna KCCarePlus $23.08
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $24.94
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $24.94
BCBS BlueAccess $24.94
Global Sports Services WCOMP $25.00
Humana HMO $25.87
Humana EPO $25.87
Humana ASO $25.87
Aetna Local $30.94
Humana PPO $33.39
Humana POS $33.39
Aetna National $37.98
United KSMGMCD $59.96
HealthyBlue MGMCD $61.16
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $61.76
Amerigroup MGMCD $62.36
Unicare MGMCD $62.36
Home State Health Plan MCD $62.96
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $96.60
United MOMGMCD $101.93
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $121.96
Cigna LocalKC $145.38
Cigna Comm $181.48
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $212.41
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $303.91
NHC Advantage MGMCD $310.45
NHC Advantage MGMCR $310.45
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $326.79
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $359.47
United OptionsPPO $410.12
BCBS PC $473.84
BCBS FreedomNetwork $473.84
Universal Healthcare MCR $571.88
Aetna FHMedicalRental $656.84
Coventry WCOMP $656.84
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $669.92
College Park Family Care Center COMM $702.59
United GlobalBenefitPlan $735.27
BCBS Participating $751.61
BCBS Traditional $751.61
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $816.97
Aetna NATIONALNAP $833.31
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $865.99
CorVel Corporation MOWC $1,062.06
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $1,209.12
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,307.15
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1,388.85
CCO, Inc. COMM $1,388.85
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1,470.55

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X-ray bone age studies at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $223.30 $13.65 – $125.66
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $223.30 $13.65 – $125.66
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $189.20 $15.67 – $138.39
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $223.30 $13.65 – $217.94
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $223.30 $13.65 – $125.66
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $223.30 $13.65 – $125.66
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $610.50 $23.75 – $188.49
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $275.60 $25.61 – $139.62

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