Lead capillary 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.
not published by hospital
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.
$6.14 with Cigna vs $499.71 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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| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $6.14 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $7.40 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $9.21 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $11.45 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $11.65 | — |
| BCBS | TRICARE | $11.65 | — |
| United | KSMGMCD | $11.70 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $11.93 | — |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $11.99 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $11.99 | — |
| Coventry | MedicareAdvantage | $11.99 | — |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $12.05 | — |
| Optum Health | MCR | $12.11 | — |
| Humana | PFFS | $12.11 | — |
| Optum Transplants | OONMCR | $12.11 | — |
| Humana | MCRHMO | $12.11 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $12.11 | — |
| United | CommunityCareNetwork | $12.11 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $12.11 | — |
| Humana | MCRPPO | $12.11 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $12.17 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $12.17 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $12.17 | — |
| Celtic | MCR | $12.35 | — |
| Cigna | HealthspringMGMCR | $12.35 | — |
| Wellcare | MCR | $12.35 | — |
| United | MGMCR | $12.35 | — |
| Pyramid Life | MCR | $12.96 | — |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $14.16 | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $16.35 | — |
| United | MOMGMCD | $16.96 | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $17.08 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $18.41 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $21.80 | — |
| Aetna | Local | $22.89 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $25.50 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $25.50 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $25.50 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $25.89 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $26.57 | — |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $26.98 | — |
| Aetna | National | $28.10 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $29.62 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $29.62 | — |
| Humana | POS | $29.62 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $29.62 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $29.62 | — |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $64.96 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $92.95 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $94.94 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $94.94 | — |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $99.94 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $119.93 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $125.43 | — |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $174.90 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $184.89 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $184.89 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $194.89 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $194.89 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $200.88 | — |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $200.88 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $204.88 | — |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $214.88 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $224.87 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $239.86 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $249.85 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $249.85 | — |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $249.85 | — |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $254.85 | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $264.85 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $299.83 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $324.81 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $324.81 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $324.81 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $324.81 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $369.79 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $374.78 | — |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $399.77 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $399.77 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $399.77 | — |
| Optum Health | COMM | $444.74 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $459.73 | — |
| Optum Health | MCD | $499.71 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Lead capillary at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $6.14 – $29.62 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $92.40 | $12.11 – $49.93 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $92.40 | $12.11 – $49.93 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $106.15 | $11.87 – $25.86 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $92.40 | $12.11 – $49.93 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $92.40 | $12.11 – $49.93 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $92.40 | $12.11 – $49.93 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $121.00 | $10.90 – $21.80 |