1 pc ost pouch w filter at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER
2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842
$3.00
Cash price 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.
$3.00
Gross charge 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.
$0.39 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $7.13 with Pyramid Life — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $0.39 | ↓ -87% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $0.60 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $0.66 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $0.72 | ↓ -76% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $0.75 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $0.90 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1.11 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Participating | $1.11 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $1.17 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | PC | $1.17 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $1.21 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $1.21 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $1.23 | ↓ -59% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $1.35 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $1.44 | ↓ -52% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $1.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $1.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $1.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $1.53 | ↓ -49% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $1.80 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $1.95 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $1.95 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $1.95 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $2.22 | ↓ -26% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $2.25 | ↓ -25% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $2.40 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $2.40 | ↓ -20% |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $2.40 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $2.40 | ↓ -20% |
| Optum Health | COMM | $2.67 | ↓ -11% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $2.76 | ↓ -8% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $3.00 | ↑ +0% |
| Optum Transplants | OONMCR | $6.53 | ↑ +118% |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $6.59 | ↑ +120% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $6.59 | ↑ +120% |
| Coventry | MedicareAdvantage | $6.59 | ↑ +120% |
| United | CommunityCareNetwork | $6.66 | ↑ +122% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $6.66 | ↑ +122% |
| Humana | MCRHMO | $6.66 | ↑ +122% |
| Optum Health | MCR | $6.66 | ↑ +122% |
| BCBS | TRICARE | $6.66 | ↑ +122% |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $6.66 | ↑ +122% |
| Humana | PFFS | $6.66 | ↑ +122% |
| Humana | MCRPPO | $6.66 | ↑ +122% |
| United | MGMCR | $6.79 | ↑ +126% |
| Wellcare | MCR | $6.79 | ↑ +126% |
| Cigna | HealthspringMGMCR | $6.79 | ↑ +126% |
| Celtic | MCR | $6.79 | ↑ +126% |
| Pyramid Life | MCR | $7.13 | ↑ +138% |
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1 pc ost pouch w filter at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $6.66 – $7.13 |
| LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER | Lee's Summit | $3.00 | $6.59 – $7.13 |
| CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER | Independence | $3.00 | $6.59 – $7.13 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | not published | $6.21 – $6.21 |
| SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital | Saint Louis | not published | $5.28 – $5.28 |