Echo guide ova aspiration at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER
2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842
$6,966.30
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.
$6,966.30
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.
$29.07 with BCBS vs $6,966.30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $29.07 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $29.07 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $29.07 | ↓ -100% |
| Humana | EPO | $35.06 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | ASO | $35.06 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | HMO | $35.06 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | POS | $45.26 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | PPO | $45.26 | ↓ -99% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $48.12 | ↓ -99% |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $57.14 | ↓ -99% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $58.65 | ↓ -99% |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $59.55 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $98.96 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $103.36 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | Local | $138.54 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | National | $170.06 | ↓ -98% |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $905.62 | ↓ -87% |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $1,295.73 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $1,323.60 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $1,323.60 | ↓ -81% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $1,393.26 | ↓ -80% |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $1,393.26 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $1,532.59 | ↓ -78% |
| Coventry | MedicareAdvantage | $1,532.59 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $1,671.91 | ↓ -76% |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $1,727.64 | ↓ -75% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,748.54 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $2,056.45 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $2,089.89 | ↓ -70% |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $2,438.20 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | Comm | $2,570.56 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Participating | $2,577.53 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,577.53 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | PC | $2,716.86 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $2,716.86 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $2,800.45 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $2,800.45 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $2,856.18 | ↓ -59% |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $2,995.51 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $3,134.84 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $3,134.84 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $3,134.84 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $3,343.82 | ↓ -52% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $3,483.15 | ↓ -50% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $3,483.15 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $3,483.15 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $3,552.81 | ↓ -49% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $3,692.14 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $4,179.78 | ↓ -40% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $4,528.10 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $4,528.10 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $4,528.10 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $4,528.10 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $5,155.06 | ↓ -26% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $5,224.73 | ↓ -25% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $5,224.73 | ↓ -25% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $5,573.04 | ↓ -20% |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $5,573.04 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $5,573.04 | ↓ -20% |
| Optum Health | COMM | $6,200.01 | ↓ -11% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $6,409.00 | ↓ -8% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $6,966.30 | ↑ +0% |
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Echo guide ova aspiration at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $29.07 – $103.36 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | not published | $13.28 – $112.85 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | not published | $13.28 – $112.85 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | not published | $15.25 – $90.57 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | not published | $13.28 – $112.85 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | not published | $13.28 – $112.85 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | not published | $13.28 – $112.85 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | not published | $23.20 – $23.20 |