Observation per hour 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.
$5.30 with HealthyBlue vs $204.85 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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| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $5.30 | — |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $5.36 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $5.41 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $5.41 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $5.41 | — |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $6.29 | — |
| United | MOMGMCD | $7.54 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $45.07 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $49.16 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $51.42 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $61.45 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $61.45 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $61.45 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $75.79 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $75.79 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $79.89 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $79.89 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $82.35 | — |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $82.35 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $83.99 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $92.18 | — |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $92.18 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $92.18 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $98.33 | — |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $102.42 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $102.42 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $102.42 | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $108.57 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $122.91 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $133.15 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $133.15 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $133.15 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $133.15 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $151.59 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $153.64 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $153.64 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $163.88 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $163.88 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $163.88 | — |
| Optum Health | COMM | $182.32 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $188.46 | — |
| Optum Health | MCD | $204.85 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Observation per hour at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $5.30 – $7.54 |
| Mercy Hospital Aurora | Aurora | $59.80 | $5.20 – $86.90 |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln | Troy | $72.15 | $79.00 – $86.90 |
| Mercy Hospital Carthage | Carthage | $74.10 | $5.20 – $86.90 |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast | Cape Girardeau | $55.25 | $56.43 – $101.57 |
| Mercy Hospital Stoddard | Dexter | $52.65 | $56.43 – $84.65 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $74.10 | $5.20 – $95.93 |
| LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER | Lee's Summit | not published | $5.30 – $6.50 |