CT scan for localization 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.
$214.24 with Multiplan vs $13,009.45 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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| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $214.24 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $254.41 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $261.11 | — |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $265.12 | — |
| United | KSMGMCD | $416.25 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $424.57 | — |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $428.74 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $432.90 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $432.90 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $432.90 | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $474.00 | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $498.00 | — |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $503.66 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $522.08 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $522.08 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $522.08 | — |
| United | MOMGMCD | $603.56 | — |
| Aetna | Local | $667.00 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $762.81 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $762.81 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $762.81 | — |
| Aetna | National | $811.00 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $984.69 | — |
| Humana | POS | $984.69 | — |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $1,691.23 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $2,419.76 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $2,471.80 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $2,471.80 | — |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $2,601.89 | — |
| Coventry | MedicareAdvantage | $2,862.08 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $2,862.08 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $3,122.27 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $3,226.34 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $3,265.37 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $3,840.39 | — |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $4,553.31 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $4,800.49 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $4,813.50 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $4,813.50 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $5,073.69 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $5,073.69 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $5,229.80 | — |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $5,229.80 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $5,333.87 | — |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $5,594.06 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $5,854.25 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $5,854.25 | — |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $5,854.25 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $6,244.54 | — |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $6,504.73 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $6,504.73 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $6,504.73 | — |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $6,634.82 | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $6,895.01 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $7,805.67 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $8,456.14 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $8,456.14 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $8,456.14 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $8,456.14 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $9,626.99 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $9,757.09 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $9,757.09 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $10,407.56 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $10,407.56 | — |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $10,407.56 | — |
| Optum Health | COMM | $11,578.41 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $11,968.69 | — |
| Optum Health | MCD | $13,009.45 | — |
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CT scan for localization at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $214.24 – $762.81 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $732.05 | $181.90 – $802.60 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $1,309.10 | $133.83 – $1,325.64 |
| SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital | Saint Louis | $1,072.50 | $154.75 – $154.75 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | not published | $158.42 – $642.72 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | not published | $158.42 – $642.72 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | not published | $158.42 – $642.72 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | not published | $158.42 – $642.72 |