Esophageal dilat s&i at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER
2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842
$18,725.98
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.
$18,725.98
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.
$52.39 with BCBS vs $18,725.98 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) | $52.39 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $52.39 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $52.39 | ↓ -100% |
| United | KSMGMCD | $97.24 | ↓ -99% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $99.18 | ↓ -99% |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $100.16 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $101.13 | ↓ -99% |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $101.13 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $101.13 | ↓ -99% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $117.07 | ↓ -99% |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $117.66 | ↓ -99% |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $139.02 | ↓ -99% |
| United | MOMGMCD | $141.00 | ↓ -99% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $142.68 | ↓ -99% |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $144.88 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $202.82 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $211.84 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | EPO | $260.51 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | ASO | $260.51 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | HMO | $260.51 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | Local | $283.95 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | POS | $336.29 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | PPO | $336.29 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | National | $348.55 | ↓ -98% |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $2,434.38 | ↓ -87% |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $3,483.03 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $3,557.94 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $3,557.94 | ↓ -81% |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $3,745.20 | ↓ -80% |
| Coventry | MedicareAdvantage | $4,119.72 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $4,119.72 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $4,494.24 | ↓ -76% |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $4,644.04 | ↓ -75% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $4,700.22 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $5,527.91 | ↓ -70% |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $6,554.09 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | Comm | $6,909.89 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Participating | $6,928.61 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $6,928.61 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | PC | $7,303.13 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $7,303.13 | ↓ -61% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $7,527.84 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $7,527.84 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $7,677.65 | ↓ -59% |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $8,052.17 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $8,426.69 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $8,426.69 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $8,426.69 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $8,988.47 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $9,362.99 | ↓ -50% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $9,362.99 | ↓ -50% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $9,362.99 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $9,550.25 | ↓ -49% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $9,924.77 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $11,235.59 | ↓ -40% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $12,171.89 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $12,171.89 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $12,171.89 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $12,171.89 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $13,857.23 | ↓ -26% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $14,044.49 | ↓ -25% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $14,044.49 | ↓ -25% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $14,980.78 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $14,980.78 | ↓ -20% |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $14,980.78 | ↓ -20% |
| Optum Health | COMM | $16,666.12 | ↓ -11% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $17,227.90 | ↓ -8% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $18,725.98 | ↑ +0% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Esophageal dilat s&i at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $52.39 – $260.51 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $858.00 | $142.80 – $435.83 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $858.00 | $142.80 – $435.83 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $858.00 | $142.80 – $435.83 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $858.00 | $142.80 – $435.83 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $858.00 | $142.80 – $435.83 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $877.80 | $217.23 – $217.23 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $616.20 | $54.91 – $306.09 |