X-ray thoracolumbar spine including skull cervical & sacral spine 1 view 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 $311.27 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
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $32.86
CorVel Corporation KSWC $39.02
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $40.04
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $40.66
Aetna IVLHIX $41.54
Aetna KCCarePlus $43.39
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $44.07
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $44.07
BCBS BlueAccess $44.07
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $44.96
United KSMGMCD $48.74
HealthyBlue MGMCD $49.71
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $50.20
Amerigroup MGMCD $50.69
Unicare MGMCD $50.69
Home State Health Plan MCD $51.18
Aetna Local $58.16
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $64.33
NHC Advantage MGMCD $65.71
NHC Advantage MGMCR $65.71
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $69.17
Aetna National $71.39
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $71.77
Humana EPO $72.97
Humana ASO $72.97
Humana HMO $72.97
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $76.09
United MOMGMCD $82.86
United OptionsPPO $86.81
Humana PPO $91.65
Humana POS $91.65
BCBS FreedomNetwork $100.30
BCBS PC $100.30
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $100.81
Cigna LocalKC $120.17
Universal Healthcare MCR $121.05
Aetna FHMedicalRental $139.03
Coventry WCOMP $139.03
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $141.80
College Park Family Care Center COMM $148.72
Cigna Comm $150.01
United GlobalBenefitPlan $155.63
BCBS Traditional $159.09
BCBS Participating $159.09
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $172.93
Aetna NATIONALNAP $176.38
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $183.30
CorVel Corporation MOWC $224.80
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $255.93
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $276.68
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $293.97
CCO, Inc. COMM $293.97
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $311.27

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X-ray thoracolumbar spine including skull cervical & sacral spine 1 view at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $256.85 $25.38 – $104.60
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $256.85 $25.38 – $104.60
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $280.50 $29.14 – $104.60
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $256.85 $25.38 – $161.80
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $256.85 $25.38 – $104.60
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $256.85 $25.38 – $104.60
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $285.78 $40.99 – $156.90
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $279.50 $23.51 – $115.59

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