Brain MRI (without contrast) 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.
$131.00 with United vs $10,574.25 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 | $131.00 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $133.62 | — |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $134.93 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $136.24 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $136.24 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $136.24 | — |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $158.51 | — |
| United | MOMGMCD | $189.95 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $204.16 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $204.98 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $243.42 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $249.82 | — |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $253.67 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $271.84 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $324.03 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $404.49 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $517.79 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $716.09 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $716.09 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $716.09 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $803.26 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $803.26 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $803.26 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $1,036.91 | — |
| Humana | POS | $1,036.91 | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $1,074.00 | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $1,125.00 | — |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $1,374.65 | — |
| Aetna | Local | $1,514.00 | — |
| Aetna | National | $1,836.00 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $1,966.81 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $2,009.11 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $2,009.11 | — |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $2,114.85 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $2,537.82 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,654.14 | — |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $3,700.99 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,912.47 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $3,912.47 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $4,123.96 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $4,123.96 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $4,250.85 | — |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $4,250.85 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $4,335.44 | — |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $4,546.93 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $4,758.41 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $5,075.64 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $5,287.13 | — |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $5,287.13 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $5,287.13 | — |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $5,392.87 | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $5,604.35 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $6,344.55 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $6,873.26 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $6,873.26 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $6,873.26 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $6,873.26 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $7,824.94 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $7,930.69 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $7,930.69 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $8,459.40 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $8,459.40 | — |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $8,459.40 | — |
| Optum Health | COMM | $9,411.08 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $9,728.31 | — |
| Optum Health | MCD | $10,574.25 | — |
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Brain MRI (without contrast) at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | $6,314.00 | $133.62 – $803.26 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $1,680.80 | $155.56 – $738.85 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $1,680.80 | $155.56 – $738.85 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $1,265.00 | $178.62 – $712.84 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $1,680.80 | $155.56 – $738.85 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $1,680.80 | $155.56 – $738.85 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $1,680.80 | $155.56 – $738.85 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $1,180.08 | $237.67 – $430.18 |