Assistive tech assessment, ot 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.
$34.87 with United vs $91.10 with BCBS — 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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| United | KSMGMCD | $34.87 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $35.57 | — |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $35.92 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $36.26 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $36.26 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $36.26 | — |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $36.35 | — |
| Coventry | MedicareAdvantage | $36.35 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $36.35 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $36.64 | — |
| BCBS | TRICARE | $36.64 | — |
| Optum Transplants | OONMCR | $36.64 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $36.72 | — |
| Humana | MCRHMO | $36.72 | — |
| Humana | MCRPPO | $36.72 | — |
| Humana | PFFS | $36.72 | — |
| United | CommunityCareNetwork | $36.72 | — |
| Optum Health | MCR | $36.72 | — |
| United | MGMCR | $37.45 | — |
| Cigna | HealthspringMGMCR | $37.45 | — |
| Celtic | MCR | $37.45 | — |
| Wellcare | MCR | $37.45 | — |
| Pyramid Life | MCR | $39.29 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $42.13 | — |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $42.19 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $50.03 | — |
| United | MOMGMCD | $50.56 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $51.34 | — |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $52.13 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $64.54 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $64.54 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $64.54 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $80.16 | — |
| Humana | POS | $80.16 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $91.10 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $91.10 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $91.10 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Assistive tech assessment, ot at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $35.57 – $64.54 |
| Mercy Hospital Carthage | Carthage | $67.60 | $33.99 – $50.88 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $129.35 | $33.04 – $67.72 |
| SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital | Saint Louis | $194.19 | $36.43 – $36.43 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | not published | $36.94 – $44.33 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | not published | $36.94 – $44.33 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | not published | $36.20 – $44.33 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | not published | $37.29 – $37.29 |