Bilicheck at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER
2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842
$74.03
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.
$74.03
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.
$2.54 with Cigna vs $74.03 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $2.54 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $3.06 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | Comm | $3.81 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $4.75 | ↓ -94% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $4.83 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | TRICARE | $4.83 | ↓ -93% |
| Coventry | MedicareAdvantage | $4.97 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $4.97 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $4.97 | ↓ -93% |
| Optum Health | MCR | $5.02 | ↓ -93% |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $5.02 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | MCRHMO | $5.02 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | MCRPPO | $5.02 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | PFFS | $5.02 | ↓ -93% |
| Optum Transplants | OONMCR | $5.02 | ↓ -93% |
| United | CommunityCareNetwork | $5.02 | ↓ -93% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $5.02 | ↓ -93% |
| United | KSMGMCD | $5.02 | ↓ -93% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $5.12 | ↓ -93% |
| Celtic | MCR | $5.12 | ↓ -93% |
| United | MGMCR | $5.12 | ↓ -93% |
| Wellcare | MCR | $5.12 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | HealthspringMGMCR | $5.12 | ↓ -93% |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $5.17 | ↓ -93% |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $5.22 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $5.22 | ↓ -93% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $5.22 | ↓ -93% |
| Pyramid Life | MCR | $5.37 | ↓ -93% |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $6.07 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $6.78 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $7.08 | ↓ -90% |
| United | MOMGMCD | $7.28 | ↓ -90% |
| Oscar | HIX | $7.63 | ↓ -90% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $8.82 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | Local | $9.49 | ↓ -87% |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $9.62 | ↓ -87% |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $10.48 | ↓ -86% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $10.75 | ↓ -85% |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $10.92 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | National | $11.65 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $11.96 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $11.96 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $11.96 | ↓ -84% |
| Humana | PPO | $12.28 | ↓ -83% |
| Humana | ASO | $12.28 | ↓ -83% |
| Humana | POS | $12.28 | ↓ -83% |
| Humana | HMO | $12.28 | ↓ -83% |
| Humana | EPO | $12.28 | ↓ -83% |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $13.77 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $14.07 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $14.07 | ↓ -81% |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $14.81 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $17.77 | ↓ -76% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $18.58 | ↓ -75% |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $25.91 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $27.39 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Participating | $27.39 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $28.87 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | PC | $28.87 | ↓ -61% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $29.76 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $29.76 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $30.35 | ↓ -59% |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $31.83 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $33.31 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $35.53 | ↓ -52% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $37.02 | ↓ -50% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $37.02 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $37.02 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $37.76 | ↓ -49% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $39.24 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $44.42 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $48.12 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $48.12 | ↓ -35% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $48.12 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $48.12 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $54.78 | ↓ -26% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $55.52 | ↓ -25% |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $59.22 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $59.22 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $59.22 | ↓ -20% |
| Optum Health | COMM | $65.89 | ↓ -11% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $68.11 | ↓ -8% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $74.03 | ↑ +0% |
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Bilicheck at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $2.54 – $12.28 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $138.05 | $4.52 – $9.04 |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln | Troy | $35.10 | $5.02 – $7.10 |
| Mercy Hospital Carthage | Carthage | $31.85 | $4.47 – $18.59 |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast | Cape Girardeau | $9.10 | $4.52 – $18.03 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $70.85 | $3.83 – $29.34 |
| Mercy Primary Care - Bernie | Bernie | $12.75 | $2.21 – $10.54 |
| SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital | Saint Louis | $13.75 | $5.02 – $10.14 |