Echo guide for heart biopsy at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER
2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842
$8,666.10
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.
$8,666.10
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.
$48.81 with United vs $8,666.10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | KSMGMCD | $48.81 | ↓ -99% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $49.79 | ↓ -99% |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $50.27 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $50.76 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $50.76 | ↓ -99% |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $50.76 | ↓ -99% |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $59.06 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $61.03 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $61.03 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $61.03 | ↓ -99% |
| United | MOMGMCD | $70.77 | ↓ -99% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $73.11 | ↓ -99% |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $86.82 | ↓ -99% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $89.11 | ↓ -99% |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $90.48 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $98.96 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $103.36 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | EPO | $132.67 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | ASO | $132.67 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | HMO | $132.67 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | Local | $138.54 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | National | $170.06 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | POS | $171.27 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | PPO | $171.27 | ↓ -98% |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $1,126.59 | ↓ -87% |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $1,611.89 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $1,646.56 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $1,646.56 | ↓ -81% |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $1,733.22 | ↓ -80% |
| Coventry | MedicareAdvantage | $1,906.54 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $1,906.54 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $2,079.86 | ↓ -76% |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $2,149.19 | ↓ -75% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,175.19 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $2,558.23 | ↓ -70% |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $3,033.14 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | Comm | $3,197.79 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Participating | $3,206.46 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,206.46 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | PC | $3,379.78 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $3,379.78 | ↓ -61% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $3,483.77 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $3,483.77 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $3,553.10 | ↓ -59% |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $3,726.42 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $3,899.74 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $3,899.74 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $3,899.74 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $4,159.73 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $4,333.05 | ↓ -50% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $4,333.05 | ↓ -50% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $4,333.05 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $4,419.71 | ↓ -49% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $4,593.03 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $5,199.66 | ↓ -40% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $5,632.97 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $5,632.97 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $5,632.97 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $5,632.97 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $6,412.91 | ↓ -26% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $6,499.57 | ↓ -25% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $6,499.57 | ↓ -25% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $6,932.88 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $6,932.88 | ↓ -20% |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $6,932.88 | ↓ -20% |
| Optum Health | COMM | $7,712.83 | ↓ -11% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $7,972.81 | ↓ -8% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $8,666.10 | ↑ +0% |
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Echo guide for heart biopsy at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $49.79 – $132.67 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $762.45 | $40.38 – $242.91 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | not published | $69.47 – $212.01 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | not published | $69.47 – $212.01 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | not published | $79.76 – $170.15 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | not published | $69.47 – $212.01 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | not published | $69.47 – $212.01 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | not published | $69.47 – $212.01 |