X-ray swallowing function w/ciner/videoradiography neck radiographs(s)&delayed images contrast study 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.

$25.00 with Global Sports Services vs $3,271.18 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
Global Sports Services WCOMP $25.00
Aetna IVLHIX $84.32
Aetna KCCarePlus $88.07
United KSMGMCD $101.17
HealthyBlue MGMCD $103.19
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $104.21
Amerigroup MGMCD $105.22
Unicare MGMCD $105.22
Home State Health Plan MCD $106.23
Aetna Local $118.05
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $118.12
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $118.12
BCBS BlueAccess $118.12
Humana EPO $118.37
Humana HMO $118.37
Humana ASO $118.37
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $133.73
Aetna National $144.91
Humana PPO $152.80
Humana POS $152.80
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $158.49
CorVel Corporation KSWC $158.80
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $162.98
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $165.49
United MOMGMCD $171.99
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $203.82
Cigna LocalKC $242.96
Cigna Comm $303.29
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $472.50
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $676.04
NHC Advantage MGMCR $690.58
NHC Advantage MGMCD $690.58
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $726.93
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $799.62
United OptionsPPO $912.29
BCBS PC $1,054.05
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,054.05
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,272.12
Coventry WCOMP $1,461.13
Aetna FHMedicalRental $1,461.13
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,490.20
College Park Family Care Center COMM $1,562.90
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,635.59
BCBS Participating $1,671.93
BCBS Traditional $1,671.93
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,817.32
Aetna NATIONALNAP $1,853.67
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,926.36
CorVel Corporation MOWC $2,362.52
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $2,689.63
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,907.71
CCO, Inc. COMM $3,089.44
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $3,089.44
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $3,271.18

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X-ray swallowing function w/ciner/videoradiography neck radiographs(s)&delayed images contrast study at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $380.05 $101.44 – $313.40
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $380.05 $101.44 – $313.40
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $368.50 $116.48 – $251.52
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $380.05 $101.44 – $357.10
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $380.05 $101.44 – $313.40
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $380.05 $101.44 – $313.40
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $468.60 $109.50 – $316.23
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $431.60 $29.00 – $233.71

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