Echocardiogram (Limited Follow-Up Heart Ultrasound) at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER
2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842
$4,913.28
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.
$4,913.28
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.
$79.38 with United vs $4,913.28 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 | $79.38 | ↓ -98% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $80.97 | ↓ -98% |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $81.76 | ↓ -98% |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $82.56 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $82.56 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $82.56 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $442.03 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $442.03 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $442.03 | ↓ -91% |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $638.73 | ↓ -87% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $933.52 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $933.52 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $933.52 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $1,080.92 | ↓ -78% |
| Humana | EPO | $1,110.40 | ↓ -77% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,110.40 | ↓ -77% |
| Humana | ASO | $1,110.40 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $1,179.19 | ↓ -76% |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $1,193.93 | ↓ -76% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,198.84 | ↓ -76% |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $1,390.46 | ↓ -72% |
| Humana | POS | $1,400.28 | ↓ -72% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,400.28 | ↓ -72% |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $1,719.65 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | Comm | $1,739.30 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,817.91 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Participating | $1,817.91 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | PC | $1,916.18 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $1,916.18 | ↓ -61% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $1,975.14 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $2,014.44 | ↓ -59% |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $2,112.71 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $2,210.98 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $2,294.00 | ↓ -53% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $2,358.37 | ↓ -52% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $2,456.64 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $2,456.64 | ↓ -50% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $2,456.64 | ↓ -50% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $2,604.04 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | Local | $2,890.00 | ↓ -41% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $3,193.63 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $3,635.83 | ↓ -26% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $3,684.96 | ↓ -25% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $3,684.96 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | National | $3,775.00 | ↓ -23% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $3,930.62 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $3,930.62 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $3,930.62 | ↓ -20% |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $3,930.62 | ↓ -20% |
| Optum Health | COMM | $4,372.82 | ↓ -11% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $4,520.22 | ↓ -8% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $4,913.28 | ↑ +0% |
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Echocardiogram (Limited Follow-Up Heart Ultrasound) at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | $4,913.28 | $80.97 – $442.03 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $920.70 | $99.66 – $286.78 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $920.70 | $99.66 – $286.78 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $445.50 | $114.43 – $286.78 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $920.70 | $99.66 – $99.66 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $920.70 | $99.66 – $286.78 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $920.70 | $99.66 – $286.78 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $835.49 | $122.14 – $430.18 |