Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray (with bending views) 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.
$58.77 with Multiplan vs $5,529.90 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $58.77 | — |
| United | KSMGMCD | $59.96 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $61.16 | — |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $61.76 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $62.36 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $62.36 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $62.36 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $69.79 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $71.62 | — |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $72.73 | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $76.36 | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $84.28 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $87.45 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $87.45 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $87.45 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $96.60 | — |
| Aetna | Local | $111.99 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $129.77 | — |
| Aetna | National | $138.01 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $150.26 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $188.31 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | — |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $718.89 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $1,028.56 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $1,050.68 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $1,050.68 | — |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $1,050.68 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $1,249.76 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $1,249.76 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $1,249.76 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $1,327.18 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,349.30 | — |
| Humana | POS | $1,576.02 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $1,576.02 | — |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $1,935.46 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $2,046.06 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,046.06 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $2,156.66 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $2,156.66 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $2,223.02 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $2,267.26 | — |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $2,377.86 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $2,488.45 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $2,654.35 | — |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $2,764.95 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $2,764.95 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $2,764.95 | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $2,930.85 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $3,594.43 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $4,092.13 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $4,147.43 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $4,147.43 | — |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $4,423.92 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $4,423.92 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $4,423.92 | — |
| Optum Health | COMM | $4,921.61 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $5,087.51 | — |
| Optum Health | MCD | $5,529.90 | — |
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray (with bending views) at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $58.77 – $129.77 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $482.90 | $45.54 – $137.78 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $482.90 | $45.54 – $137.78 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $518.65 | $52.29 – $138.39 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $482.90 | $45.54 – $217.94 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $482.90 | $45.54 – $137.78 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $482.90 | $45.54 – $137.78 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $475.86 | $79.81 – $188.49 |