X-ray eye detection foreign body (both sides) 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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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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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.

$8.84 with United vs $1,720.93 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

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
United KSMGMCD $8.84
HealthyBlue MGMCD $9.02
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $9.11
Unicare MGMCD $9.19
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.19
Home State Health Plan MCD $9.28
United MOMGMCD $15.03
Global Sports Services WCOMP $25.00
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $25.45
Aetna IVLHIX $26.88
Aetna KCCarePlus $28.07
CorVel Corporation KSWC $30.22
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $31.01
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $31.49
BCBS BlueAccess $36.74
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $36.74
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $36.74
Humana HMO $36.89
Humana ASO $36.89
Humana EPO $36.89
Aetna Local $37.63
Aetna National $46.19
Humana PPO $47.62
Humana POS $47.62
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $71.77
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $100.81
Cigna LocalKC $120.17
Cigna Comm $150.01
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $248.58
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $355.66
NHC Advantage MGMCR $363.31
NHC Advantage MGMCD $363.31
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $382.43
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $420.67
United OptionsPPO $479.95
BCBS FreedomNetwork $554.52
BCBS PC $554.52
Universal Healthcare MCR $669.25
Aetna FHMedicalRental $768.68
Coventry WCOMP $768.68
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $783.98
College Park Family Care Center COMM $822.22
United GlobalBenefitPlan $860.46
BCBS Participating $879.58
BCBS Traditional $879.58
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $956.07
Aetna NATIONALNAP $975.19
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,013.43
CorVel Corporation MOWC $1,242.89
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $1,414.98
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,529.71
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1,625.32
CCO, Inc. COMM $1,625.32
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1,720.93

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X-ray eye detection foreign body (both sides) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $197.45 $19.02 – $104.60
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $197.45 $19.02 – $104.60
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $126.50 $21.84 – $104.60
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $197.45 $19.02 – $161.80
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $197.45 $19.02 – $104.60
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $197.45 $19.02 – $104.60
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $281.16 $35.29 – $156.90
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $230.10 $8.84 – $115.59

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