Parathyroid planar imaging 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.
$212.23 with BCBS vs $5,964.33 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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| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $212.23 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $212.23 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $212.23 | — |
| United | KSMGMCD | $218.05 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $222.41 | — |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $224.59 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $226.47 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $226.47 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $226.47 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $226.77 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $226.77 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $226.77 | — |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $263.84 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $292.35 | — |
| Humana | POS | $292.35 | — |
| United | MOMGMCD | $316.17 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $334.48 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $355.83 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $422.55 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $433.67 | — |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $440.34 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $457.55 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $545.40 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $680.83 | — |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $775.36 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $848.52 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $1,109.37 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $1,133.22 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $1,133.22 | — |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $1,192.87 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $1,431.44 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,497.05 | — |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $2,087.52 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,206.80 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $2,206.80 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $2,326.09 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $2,326.09 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $2,397.66 | — |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $2,397.66 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $2,445.38 | — |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $2,564.66 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $2,683.95 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $2,862.88 | — |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $2,982.16 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $2,982.16 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $2,982.16 | — |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $3,041.81 | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $3,161.09 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $3,578.60 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $3,876.81 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $3,876.81 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $3,876.81 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $3,876.81 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $4,413.60 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $4,473.25 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $4,473.25 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $4,771.46 | — |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $4,771.46 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $4,771.46 | — |
| Optum Health | COMM | $5,308.25 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $5,487.18 | — |
| Optum Health | MCD | $5,964.33 | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Local | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | National | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | not published by hospital | — |
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Parathyroid planar imaging at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | $1,796.50 | $212.23 – $457.55 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $591.25 | $272.44 – $833.95 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $591.25 | $272.44 – $833.95 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $806.30 | $312.82 – $669.29 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $591.25 | $272.44 – $833.95 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $591.25 | $272.44 – $833.95 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $591.25 | $272.44 – $833.95 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $694.98 | $376.85 – $720.75 |