Ghs musc tst done w/n tst non ext at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER
2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842
$368.36
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.
$368.36
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.
$29.86 with United vs $368.36 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 | $29.86 | ↓ -92% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $30.46 | ↓ -92% |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $30.76 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $31.05 | ↓ -92% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $31.05 | ↓ -92% |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $31.05 | ↓ -92% |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $36.13 | ↓ -90% |
| United | MOMGMCD | $43.30 | ↓ -88% |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $47.89 | ↓ -87% |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $68.51 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $69.99 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $69.99 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $69.99 | ↓ -81% |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $73.67 | ↓ -80% |
| Humana | HMO | $77.72 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | EPO | $77.72 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | ASO | $77.72 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $81.04 | ↓ -78% |
| Coventry | MedicareAdvantage | $81.04 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $88.41 | ↓ -76% |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $91.35 | ↓ -75% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $92.46 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | PPO | $97.62 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | POS | $97.62 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $108.74 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $110.51 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $110.51 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $110.51 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $112.72 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $121.19 | ↓ -67% |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $128.93 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | Comm | $135.92 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $136.29 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Participating | $136.29 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | PC | $143.66 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $143.66 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Local | $144.77 | ↓ -61% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $148.08 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $148.08 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $151.03 | ↓ -59% |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $158.39 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $165.76 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $165.76 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $165.76 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $176.81 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | National | $177.18 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $184.18 | ↓ -50% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $184.18 | ↓ -50% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $184.18 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $187.86 | ↓ -49% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $195.23 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $221.02 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $239.43 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $239.43 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $239.43 | ↓ -35% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $239.43 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $272.59 | ↓ -26% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $276.27 | ↓ -25% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $276.27 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $294.69 | ↓ -20% |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $294.69 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $294.69 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $294.69 | ↓ -20% |
| Optum Health | COMM | $327.84 | ↓ -11% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $338.89 | ↓ -8% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $368.36 | ↑ +0% |
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Ghs musc tst done w/n tst non ext at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $30.46 – $43.30 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $150.70 | $50.23 – $50.23 |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln | Troy | $224.25 | $158.53 – $158.53 |
| Mercy Hospital Carthage | Carthage | $135.20 | $29.86 – $93.75 |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast | Cape Girardeau | $382.85 | $43.21 – $170.24 |
| LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER | Lee's Summit | $1,205.64 | $29.86 – $31.35 |
| CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER | Independence | $730.05 | $29.86 – $31.35 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | not published | $43.75 – $43.75 |