Artery x-rays lung at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER
2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842
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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.
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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.
$125.40 with Multiplan vs $29,863.45 with Optum Health — 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 |
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| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $125.40 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $148.91 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $152.83 | — |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $155.18 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $250.81 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $250.81 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $250.81 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $302.15 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $302.15 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $302.15 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $390.04 | — |
| Humana | POS | $390.04 | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $809.54 | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $845.52 | — |
| Aetna | Local | $1,133.36 | — |
| Aetna | National | $1,391.21 | — |
| United | KSMGMCD | $1,671.20 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $1,704.62 | — |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $1,721.34 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $1,738.05 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $1,738.05 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $1,738.05 | — |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $2,022.15 | — |
| United | MOMGMCD | $2,423.24 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $2,540.02 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $3,536.14 | — |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $3,882.25 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $4,215.08 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $5,261.77 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $5,554.60 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $5,674.06 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $5,674.06 | — |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $5,972.69 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $6,438.74 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $7,167.23 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $7,495.73 | — |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $10,452.21 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $11,049.48 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $11,049.48 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $11,646.75 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $11,646.75 | — |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $12,005.11 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $12,005.11 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $12,244.01 | — |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $12,841.28 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $13,438.55 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $14,334.46 | — |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $14,931.73 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $14,931.73 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $14,931.73 | — |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $15,230.36 | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $15,827.63 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $17,918.07 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $19,411.24 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $19,411.24 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $19,411.24 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $19,411.24 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $22,098.95 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $22,397.59 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $22,397.59 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $23,890.76 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $23,890.76 | — |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $23,890.76 | — |
| Optum Health | COMM | $26,578.47 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $27,474.37 | — |
| Optum Health | MCD | $29,863.45 | — |
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Artery x-rays lung at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $125.40 – $3,536.14 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $1,663.20 | $97.86 – $3,795.09 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $1,663.20 | $97.86 – $3,795.09 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $2,381.50 | $112.37 – $3,795.09 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $1,663.20 | $97.86 – $5,723.32 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $1,663.20 | $97.86 – $3,795.09 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $1,663.20 | $97.86 – $3,795.09 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $6,602.70 | $69.10 – $6,438.74 |