Kidney imag w/bld flow multi 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.
$283.02 with United vs $15,722.09 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 | $283.02 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $288.68 | — |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $291.51 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $294.34 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $294.34 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $294.34 | — |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $342.45 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $407.19 | — |
| United | MOMGMCD | $410.38 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $434.20 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $483.54 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $496.27 | — |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $503.90 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $535.40 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $535.40 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $535.40 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $536.46 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $536.46 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $536.46 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $599.63 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $692.51 | — |
| Humana | POS | $692.51 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $714.75 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $892.24 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,101.15 | — |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $2,043.87 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $2,924.31 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $2,987.20 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $2,987.20 | — |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $3,144.42 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $3,773.30 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $3,946.24 | — |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $5,502.73 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $5,817.17 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $5,817.17 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $6,131.62 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $6,131.62 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $6,320.28 | — |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $6,320.28 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $6,446.06 | — |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $6,760.50 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $7,074.94 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $7,546.60 | — |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $7,861.05 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $7,861.05 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $7,861.05 | — |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $8,018.27 | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $8,332.71 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $9,433.25 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $10,219.36 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $10,219.36 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $10,219.36 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $10,219.36 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $11,634.35 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $11,791.57 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $11,791.57 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $12,577.67 | — |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $12,577.67 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $12,577.67 | — |
| Optum Health | COMM | $13,992.66 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $14,464.32 | — |
| Optum Health | MCD | $15,722.09 | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Local | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | National | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | not published by hospital | — |
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Kidney imag w/bld flow multi at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $288.68 – $599.63 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $940.50 | $306.87 – $954.37 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $940.50 | $306.87 – $954.37 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $940.50 | $306.87 – $978.80 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $940.50 | $306.87 – $954.37 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $940.50 | $306.87 – $954.37 |
| Mercy Hospital Aurora | Aurora | $1,370.85 | $169.89 – $706.64 |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast | Cape Girardeau | $4,008.55 | $222.79 – $3,489.27 |