Bld prd mix 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.
$0.48 with Cigna vs $149.16 with United — 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 | $0.48 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $0.57 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $0.71 | — |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $12.92 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $18.48 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $18.88 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $18.88 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $18.88 | — |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $19.87 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $19.87 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $20.97 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $20.97 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $20.97 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $23.85 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $24.94 | — |
| Humana | POS | $26.33 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $26.33 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $29.81 | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $30.41 | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $32.69 | — |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $34.78 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $36.77 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $36.77 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $38.75 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $38.75 | — |
| Aetna | Local | $39.05 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $39.95 | — |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $39.95 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $40.74 | — |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $42.73 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $44.72 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $47.70 | — |
| Aetna | National | $47.80 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $49.69 | — |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $49.69 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $49.69 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $49.83 | — |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $50.68 | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $52.67 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $58.04 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $58.04 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $58.04 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $59.18 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $59.62 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $60.73 | — |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $61.67 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $64.59 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $64.59 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $64.59 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $64.59 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $73.53 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $74.53 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $74.53 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $79.50 | — |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $79.50 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $79.50 | — |
| Optum Health | COMM | $88.44 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $91.42 | — |
| Optum Health | MCD | $99.37 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $138.95 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $149.16 | — |
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Bld prd mix at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | $33.75 | $0.48 – $61.67 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $94.60 | $31.44 – $204.77 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $94.60 | $31.44 – $204.77 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $94.60 | $31.44 – $149.16 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $94.60 | $31.44 – $204.77 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $94.60 | $31.44 – $204.77 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $55.55 | $36.83 – $307.16 |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln | Troy | $98.15 | $20.41 – $224.98 |