New Patient Office Visit (level 4) 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.
$200.29 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $1,540.68 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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| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $200.29 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $224.60 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $224.60 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $224.60 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $279.00 | — |
| Humana | POS | $279.00 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $292.73 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $292.73 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $308.14 | — |
| Coventry | MedicareAdvantage | $338.95 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $338.95 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $369.76 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $386.71 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $462.20 | — |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $539.24 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $619.35 | — |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $619.35 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $631.68 | — |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $662.49 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $693.31 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $693.31 | — |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $693.31 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $739.53 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $770.34 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $770.34 | — |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $770.34 | — |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $785.75 | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $816.56 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $924.41 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $1,001.44 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $1,001.44 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $1,001.44 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $1,001.44 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $1,140.10 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $1,155.51 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $1,155.51 | — |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $1,232.54 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $1,232.54 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $1,232.54 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $1,232.54 | — |
| Optum Health | COMM | $1,371.21 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $1,417.43 | — |
| Optum Health | MCD | $1,540.68 | — |
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New Patient Office Visit (level 4) at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $224.60 – $224.60 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $286.00 | not published |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $286.00 | not published |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $368.50 | $156.39 – $156.39 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $286.00 | not published |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $286.00 | not published |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $286.00 | not published |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $220.55 | not published |