Bowel imaging 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.
$218.05 with United vs $8,715.23 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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| United | KSMGMCD | $218.05 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $222.41 | — |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $224.59 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $226.77 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $226.77 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $226.77 | — |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $263.84 | — |
| United | MOMGMCD | $316.17 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $334.48 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $405.34 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $457.55 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $481.35 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $494.01 | — |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $501.61 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $518.67 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $518.67 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $518.67 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $527.15 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $527.15 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $527.15 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $545.40 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $669.54 | — |
| Humana | POS | $669.54 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $680.83 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $848.52 | — |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $1,132.98 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $1,621.03 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $1,655.89 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $1,655.89 | — |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $1,743.05 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $2,091.66 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,187.52 | — |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $3,050.33 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,224.64 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $3,224.64 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $3,398.94 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $3,398.94 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $3,503.52 | — |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $3,503.52 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $3,573.24 | — |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $3,747.55 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $3,921.85 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $4,183.31 | — |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $4,357.61 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $4,357.61 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $4,357.61 | — |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $4,444.77 | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $4,619.07 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $5,229.14 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $5,664.90 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $5,664.90 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $5,664.90 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $5,664.90 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $6,449.27 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $6,536.42 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $6,536.42 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $6,972.18 | — |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $6,972.18 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $6,972.18 | — |
| Optum Health | COMM | $7,756.55 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $8,018.01 | — |
| Optum Health | MCD | $8,715.23 | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Local | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | National | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | not published by hospital | — |
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Bowel imaging at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $222.41 – $527.15 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $591.25 | $311.88 – $950.04 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $591.25 | $311.88 – $950.04 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $1,505.35 | $358.11 – $762.45 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $591.25 | $311.88 – $950.04 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $591.25 | $311.88 – $950.04 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $591.25 | $311.88 – $950.04 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $969.54 | $398.21 – $720.75 |