Heparin bolus from bag at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER
2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842
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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.
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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.
$0.18 with HealthyBlue vs $77.00 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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| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $0.18 | — |
| United | KSMGMCD | $0.18 | — |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $0.19 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $0.19 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $0.19 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $0.19 | — |
| BCBS | TRICARE | $0.22 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $0.22 | — |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $0.27 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $0.30 | — |
| United | MOMGMCD | $0.32 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $16.94 | — |
| Coventry | MedicareAdvantage | $16.94 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $18.48 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $19.33 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $23.10 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $23.10 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $23.10 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $28.49 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $28.49 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $30.03 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $30.03 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $30.95 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $31.57 | — |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $34.65 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $34.65 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $34.65 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $36.96 | — |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $38.50 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $38.50 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $38.50 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $46.20 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $50.05 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $50.05 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $50.05 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $50.05 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $56.98 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $57.75 | — |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $61.60 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $61.60 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $61.60 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $61.60 | — |
| Optum Health | COMM | $68.53 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $70.84 | — |
| Optum Health | MCD | $77.00 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Heparin bolus from bag at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $0.18 – $0.32 |
| Mercy Hospital Aurora | Aurora | $49.87 | $0.90 – $11.60 |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln | Troy | $53.62 | $1.20 – $1.20 |
| Mercy Hospital Carthage | Carthage | $69.71 | $0.18 – $0.32 |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast | Cape Girardeau | $53.62 | $0.37 – $0.37 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $391.42 | $0.18 – $0.48 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | not published | $0.26 – $0.46 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | not published | $0.26 – $0.46 |