Mra, w/dye, spinal canal 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.
$426.64 with Cigna vs $3,362.31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $426.64 | — |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $437.10 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $508.55 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $625.39 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $634.84 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $638.84 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $638.84 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $672.46 | — |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $672.46 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $709.45 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $709.45 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $709.45 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $739.71 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $806.95 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $828.27 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $843.94 | — |
| Humana | POS | $891.01 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $891.01 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $1,008.69 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $1,008.69 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $1,008.69 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $1,008.69 | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $1,074.00 | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $1,125.00 | — |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $1,176.81 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,244.05 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $1,244.05 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $1,311.30 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $1,311.30 | — |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $1,351.65 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $1,351.65 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $1,378.55 | — |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $1,445.79 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $1,513.04 | — |
| Aetna | Local | $1,514.00 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $1,613.91 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $1,681.15 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $1,681.15 | — |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $1,681.15 | — |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $1,714.78 | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $1,782.02 | — |
| Aetna | National | $1,836.00 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $2,017.39 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $2,185.50 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $2,185.50 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $2,185.50 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $2,185.50 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $2,488.11 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $2,521.73 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $2,521.73 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $2,689.85 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $2,689.85 | — |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $2,689.85 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $2,689.85 | — |
| Optum Health | COMM | $2,992.46 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $3,093.33 | — |
| Optum Health | MCD | $3,362.31 | — |
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Mra, w/dye, spinal canal at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $426.64 – $426.64 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $1,666.50 | $342.45 – $2,126.68 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $1,164.24 | $347.51 – $628.99 |
| SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital | Saint Louis | $1,133.28 | $463.45 – $662.62 |
| CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER | Independence | $6,792.72 | $426.64 – $1,074.00 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | not published | $349.44 – $2,204.27 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | not published | $349.44 – $2,204.27 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | not published | $474.45 – $2,204.27 |