Strapping of knee at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER
2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842
$496.88
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.
$496.88
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.
$64.59 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $2,550.00 with NHC Advantage — 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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| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $64.59 | ↓ -87% |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $92.42 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $94.41 | ↓ -81% |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $99.38 | ↓ -80% |
| Humana | EPO | $104.84 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | HMO | $104.84 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | ASO | $104.84 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $109.31 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $119.25 | ↓ -76% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $124.72 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | PPO | $131.67 | ↓ -74% |
| Humana | POS | $131.67 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $149.06 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $149.06 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $149.06 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $152.05 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $163.47 | ↓ -67% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $168.05 | ↓ -66% |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $173.91 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Participating | $183.85 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $183.85 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | PC | $193.78 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $193.78 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Local | $195.27 | ↓ -61% |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $199.56 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $199.75 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $199.75 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $203.72 | ↓ -59% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $204.81 | ↓ -59% |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $207.96 | ↓ -58% |
| United | KSMGMCD | $208.00 | ↓ -58% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $212.16 | ↓ -57% |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $213.66 | ↓ -57% |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $214.24 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $216.32 | ↓ -56% |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $216.32 | ↓ -56% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $216.32 | ↓ -56% |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $219.00 | ↓ -56% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $223.60 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $238.50 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | National | $239.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $248.44 | ↓ -50% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $248.44 | ↓ -50% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $248.44 | ↓ -50% |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $251.68 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $253.41 | ↓ -49% |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $262.00 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $298.13 | ↓ -40% |
| United | MOMGMCD | $301.60 | ↓ -39% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $322.97 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $322.97 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $322.97 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $322.97 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | Comm | $327.00 | ↓ -34% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $367.69 | ↓ -26% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $372.66 | ↓ -25% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $372.66 | ↓ -25% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $397.50 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $397.50 | ↓ -20% |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $397.50 | ↓ -20% |
| Optum Health | COMM | $442.22 | ↓ -11% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $457.13 | ↓ -8% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $496.88 | ↑ +0% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,279.00 | ↑ +157% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $2,550.00 | ↑ +413% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $2,550.00 | ↑ +413% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | not published by hospital | — |
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Strapping of knee at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $168.05 – $301.60 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $293.15 | $19.35 – $2,302.00 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $293.15 | $19.35 – $2,302.00 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $201.85 | $22.22 – $3,085.00 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $293.15 | $19.35 – $2,444.00 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $293.15 | $19.35 – $2,302.00 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $293.15 | $19.35 – $2,302.00 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $300.30 | $132.53 – $2,277.00 |