Echo guide for artery repair 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.
$157.11 with United vs $7,542.13 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 | $157.11 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $160.25 | — |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $161.82 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $163.39 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $163.39 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $163.39 | — |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $190.10 | — |
| United | MOMGMCD | $227.81 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $229.51 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $234.83 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $272.55 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $279.72 | — |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $284.02 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $348.21 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $354.00 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $354.00 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $354.00 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $377.49 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $377.49 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $377.49 | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $405.06 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $415.07 | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $423.07 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $487.30 | — |
| Humana | POS | $487.30 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $518.14 | — |
| Aetna | Local | $567.09 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $595.01 | — |
| Aetna | National | $696.11 | — |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $980.48 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $1,402.84 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $1,433.00 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $1,433.00 | — |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $1,508.43 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $1,810.11 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,893.07 | — |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $2,639.75 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $2,790.59 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,790.59 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $2,941.43 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $2,941.43 | — |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $3,031.94 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $3,031.94 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $3,092.27 | — |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $3,243.12 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $3,393.96 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $3,620.22 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $3,771.07 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $3,771.07 | — |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $3,771.07 | — |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $3,846.49 | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $3,997.33 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $4,525.28 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $4,902.38 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $4,902.38 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $4,902.38 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $4,902.38 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $5,581.18 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $5,656.60 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $5,656.60 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $6,033.70 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $6,033.70 | — |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $6,033.70 | — |
| Optum Health | COMM | $6,712.50 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $6,938.76 | — |
| Optum Health | MCD | $7,542.13 | — |
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Echo guide for artery repair at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $160.25 – $423.07 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $557.70 | $174.58 – $537.88 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $557.70 | $174.58 – $537.88 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $557.70 | $174.58 – $537.88 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $557.70 | $174.58 – $537.88 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $557.70 | $174.58 – $537.88 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $607.20 | $176.00 – $389.29 |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast | Cape Girardeau | $668.85 | $142.74 – $1,387.59 |