Critical care 30-74 minutes 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.
$122.27 with United vs $14,518.00 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 | $122.27 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $124.72 | — |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $125.94 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $127.16 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $127.16 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $127.16 | — |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $147.95 | — |
| United | MOMGMCD | $177.29 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $2,766.00 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $3,336.00 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $3,484.32 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $3,600.46 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $3,644.02 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $4,285.71 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $4,583.00 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $5,357.14 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $5,371.66 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $5,371.66 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $5,662.02 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $5,662.02 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $5,836.24 | — |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $5,836.24 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $5,952.38 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $6,533.10 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $6,968.64 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $7,114.00 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $7,114.00 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $7,114.00 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $7,259.00 | — |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $7,259.00 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $7,259.00 | — |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $7,404.18 | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $7,694.54 | — |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $8,300.00 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $8,710.80 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $9,436.70 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $9,436.70 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $9,436.70 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $9,436.70 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $10,743.32 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $10,888.50 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $10,888.50 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $11,614.40 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $11,614.40 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $11,614.40 | — |
| Optum Health | COMM | $12,921.02 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $13,356.56 | — |
| Optum Health | MCD | $14,518.00 | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Local | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | National | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | not published by hospital | — |
| Humana | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Humana | ASO | not published by hospital | — |
| Humana | POS | not published by hospital | — |
| Humana | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Humana | EPO | not published by hospital | — |
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Critical care 30-74 minutes at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $124.72 – $177.29 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $2,395.80 | $827.36 – $992.83 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $2,395.80 | $827.36 – $992.83 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $3,113.00 | $270.41 – $992.83 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $2,395.80 | not published |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $2,395.80 | $827.36 – $992.83 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $2,395.80 | $827.36 – $992.83 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $2,560.82 | $822.81 – $1,489.25 |