Ortho elbow w/lock w/ft&adj at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER
2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842
not published by hospital
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.
?
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$545.69 with Optum Transplants vs $595.56 with Pyramid Life — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optum Transplants | OONMCR | $545.69 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $551.03 | — |
| Coventry | MedicareAdvantage | $551.03 | — |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $551.03 | — |
| Humana | PFFS | $556.60 | — |
| BCBS | TRICARE | $556.60 | — |
| Humana | MCRHMO | $556.60 | — |
| United | CommunityCareNetwork | $556.60 | — |
| Humana | MCRPPO | $556.60 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $556.60 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $556.60 | — |
| Optum Health | MCR | $556.60 | — |
| Celtic | MCR | $567.73 | — |
| Wellcare | MCR | $567.73 | — |
| United | MGMCR | $567.73 | — |
| Cigna | HealthspringMGMCR | $567.73 | — |
| Pyramid Life | MCR | $595.56 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Ortho elbow w/lock w/ft&adj at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $556.60 – $595.56 |
| Mercy Hospital Aurora | Aurora | $72.15 | $573.85 – $573.85 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $123.50 | $445.11 – $1,010.17 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | not published | $389.86 – $667.92 |
| SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital | Saint Louis | not published | $331.67 – $331.67 |
| LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER | Lee's Summit | not published | $551.03 – $595.56 |
| CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER | Independence | not published | $551.03 – $595.56 |