Electron microscopy diagnostic at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER
2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842
$4,379.71
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.
$4,379.71
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.
$204.20 with Cigna vs $4,379.71 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $204.20 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $246.08 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | Comm | $306.29 | ↓ -93% |
| United | KSMGMCD | $338.95 | ↓ -92% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $345.73 | ↓ -92% |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $349.12 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $352.51 | ↓ -92% |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $352.51 | ↓ -92% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $352.51 | ↓ -92% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $395.57 | ↓ -91% |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $410.13 | ↓ -91% |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $469.74 | ↓ -89% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $482.10 | ↓ -89% |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $489.52 | ↓ -89% |
| United | MOMGMCD | $491.48 | ↓ -89% |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $569.36 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $610.54 | ↓ -86% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $656.15 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $666.28 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $666.28 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $666.28 | ↓ -85% |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $814.63 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $832.14 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $832.14 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $832.14 | ↓ -81% |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $875.94 | ↓ -80% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,029.57 | ↓ -76% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,029.57 | ↓ -76% |
| Humana | ASO | $1,029.57 | ↓ -76% |
| Humana | POS | $1,029.57 | ↓ -76% |
| Humana | EPO | $1,029.57 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $1,051.13 | ↓ -76% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,099.31 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $1,340.19 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $1,440.92 | ↓ -67% |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $1,532.90 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Participating | $1,620.49 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,620.49 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | PC | $1,708.09 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $1,708.09 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Local | $1,721.23 | ↓ -61% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $1,760.64 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $1,760.64 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $1,795.68 | ↓ -59% |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $1,883.28 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $1,970.87 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $2,102.26 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | National | $2,106.64 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $2,189.86 | ↓ -50% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $2,189.86 | ↓ -50% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $2,189.86 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $2,233.65 | ↓ -49% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $2,321.25 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $2,627.83 | ↓ -40% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $2,846.81 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $2,846.81 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $2,846.81 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $2,846.81 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $3,240.99 | ↓ -26% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $3,284.78 | ↓ -25% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $3,284.78 | ↓ -25% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $3,503.77 | ↓ -20% |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $3,503.77 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $3,503.77 | ↓ -20% |
| Optum Health | COMM | $3,897.94 | ↓ -11% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $4,029.33 | ↓ -8% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $4,379.71 | ↑ +0% |
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Electron microscopy diagnostic at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $204.20 – $1,029.57 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $789.25 | $269.60 – $968.38 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $789.25 | $269.60 – $968.38 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $1,047.20 | $309.56 – $968.38 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $789.25 | $269.60 – $879.22 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $789.25 | $269.60 – $968.38 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $789.25 | $269.60 – $968.38 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $1,222.10 | $590.54 – $1,452.56 |