Pulse ox single at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER
2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842
$644.22
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.
$644.22
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.
$9.03 with United vs $644.22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | KSMGMCD | $9.03 | ↓ -99% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $9.21 | ↓ -99% |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $9.30 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $9.39 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $9.39 | ↓ -99% |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $9.39 | ↓ -99% |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $10.93 | ↓ -98% |
| United | MOMGMCD | $13.09 | ↓ -98% |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $83.75 | ↓ -87% |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $119.82 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $122.40 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $122.40 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $122.40 | ↓ -81% |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $128.84 | ↓ -80% |
| Humana | HMO | $135.93 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | EPO | $135.93 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | ASO | $135.93 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $141.73 | ↓ -78% |
| Coventry | MedicareAdvantage | $141.73 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $154.61 | ↓ -76% |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $159.77 | ↓ -75% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $161.70 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | PPO | $170.72 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | POS | $170.72 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $190.17 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $193.27 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $193.27 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $193.27 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $197.13 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $211.95 | ↓ -67% |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $225.48 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | Comm | $237.72 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $238.36 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Participating | $238.36 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | PC | $251.25 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $251.25 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Local | $253.18 | ↓ -61% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $258.98 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $258.98 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $264.13 | ↓ -59% |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $277.01 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $289.90 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $289.90 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $289.90 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $309.23 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | National | $309.87 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $322.11 | ↓ -50% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $322.11 | ↓ -50% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $322.11 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $328.55 | ↓ -49% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $341.44 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $386.53 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $418.74 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $418.74 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $418.74 | ↓ -35% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $418.74 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $476.72 | ↓ -26% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $483.17 | ↓ -25% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $483.17 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $515.38 | ↓ -20% |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $515.38 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $515.38 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $515.38 | ↓ -20% |
| Optum Health | COMM | $573.36 | ↓ -11% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $592.68 | ↓ -8% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $644.22 | ↑ +0% |
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Pulse ox single at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $9.21 – $13.09 |
| Mercy Hospital Aurora | Aurora | $66.95 | $9.03 – $28.00 |
| Mercy Hospital Carthage | Carthage | $59.80 | $9.03 – $9.03 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $68.90 | $3.44 – $28.00 |
| SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital | Saint Louis | $114.40 | $3.17 – $3.17 |
| LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER | Lee's Summit | $284.96 | $9.03 – $9.48 |
| CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER | Independence | $529.40 | $9.03 – $9.48 |
| LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER | Lexington | $186.85 | $9.03 – $9.39 |