Pet CT whole body initial 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.
$221.01 with BCBS vs $43,055.84 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $221.01 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $221.01 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $221.01 | — |
| United | KSMGMCD | $835.53 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $852.24 | — |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $860.60 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $868.95 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $868.95 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $868.95 | — |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $1,010.99 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $1,160.50 | — |
| United | MOMGMCD | $1,211.52 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $1,313.23 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $1,378.10 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $1,414.36 | — |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $1,436.12 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $1,735.58 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $1,878.94 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $1,878.94 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $1,878.94 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $2,068.81 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $2,425.49 | — |
| Humana | POS | $2,425.49 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $2,582.54 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $3,330.77 | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $3,494.00 | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $3,849.00 | — |
| Aetna | Local | $5,171.00 | — |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $5,597.26 | — |
| Aetna | National | $6,280.00 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $8,008.39 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $8,180.61 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $8,180.61 | — |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $8,611.17 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $10,333.40 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $10,807.02 | — |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $15,069.54 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $15,930.66 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $15,930.66 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $16,791.78 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $16,791.78 | — |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $17,308.45 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $17,308.45 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $17,652.89 | — |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $18,514.01 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $19,375.13 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $20,666.80 | — |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $21,527.92 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $21,527.92 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $21,527.92 | — |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $21,958.48 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $25,833.50 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $27,986.30 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $27,986.30 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $27,986.30 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $27,986.30 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $31,861.32 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $32,291.88 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $32,291.88 | — |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $34,444.67 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $34,444.67 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $34,444.67 | — |
| Optum Health | COMM | $38,319.70 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $39,611.37 | — |
| Optum Health | MCD | $43,055.84 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Pet CT whole body initial at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $221.01 – $3,849.00 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $2,861.65 | $1,282.26 – $1,718.71 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $2,861.65 | $1,282.26 – $1,718.71 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $4,070.00 | $1,403.61 – $5,930.89 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $2,861.65 | $1,282.26 – $2,960.68 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $2,861.65 | $1,282.26 – $1,718.71 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $2,861.65 | $1,282.26 – $1,718.71 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $3,841.20 | $1,424.38 – $2,578.06 |