Intro long gi tube w/mult fluo 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.
$22.10 with United vs $3,110.76 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 | $22.10 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $22.54 | — |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $22.76 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $22.98 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $22.98 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $22.98 | — |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $26.74 | — |
| United | MOMGMCD | $32.05 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $48.27 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $48.27 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $48.27 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $106.89 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $126.93 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $130.27 | — |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $132.27 | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $168.64 | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $176.14 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $219.75 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $219.75 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $219.75 | — |
| Aetna | Local | $236.10 | — |
| Humana | POS | $283.67 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $283.67 | — |
| Aetna | National | $289.82 | — |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $404.40 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $578.60 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $591.04 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $591.04 | — |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $622.15 | — |
| Coventry | MedicareAdvantage | $684.37 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $684.37 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $746.58 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $771.47 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $780.80 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $918.30 | — |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $1,088.77 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $1,147.87 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $1,150.98 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,150.98 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $1,213.20 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $1,213.20 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $1,250.53 | — |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $1,250.53 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $1,275.41 | — |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $1,337.63 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $1,399.84 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $1,399.84 | — |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $1,399.84 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $1,493.16 | — |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $1,555.38 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $1,555.38 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $1,555.38 | — |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $1,586.49 | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $1,648.70 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $1,866.46 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $2,021.99 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $2,021.99 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $2,021.99 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $2,021.99 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $2,301.96 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $2,333.07 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $2,333.07 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $2,488.61 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $2,488.61 | — |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $2,488.61 | — |
| Optum Health | COMM | $2,768.58 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $2,861.90 | — |
| Optum Health | MCD | $3,110.76 | — |
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Intro long gi tube w/mult fluo at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $22.54 – $219.75 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $526.35 | $118.79 – $362.54 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $526.35 | $118.79 – $362.54 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $361.35 | $136.40 – $290.96 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $526.35 | $118.79 – $362.54 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $526.35 | $118.79 – $362.54 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $526.35 | $118.79 – $362.54 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $380.82 | $180.71 – $180.71 |