Tilt table study at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER
2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842
$14,008.81
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.
$14,008.81
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.
$1,087.34 with BCBS vs $14,008.81 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 | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $1,087.34 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $1,087.34 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $1,087.34 | ↓ -92% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,279.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $1,821.15 | ↓ -87% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $2,801.76 | ↓ -80% |
| Humana | ASO | $2,955.86 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | HMO | $2,955.86 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | EPO | $2,955.86 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $3,081.94 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $3,362.11 | ↓ -76% |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $3,474.18 | ↓ -75% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $3,516.21 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | PPO | $3,712.33 | ↓ -74% |
| Humana | POS | $3,712.33 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $4,135.40 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $4,202.64 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $4,286.70 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $4,608.90 | ↓ -67% |
| Cigna | Comm | $5,169.25 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Participating | $5,183.26 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $5,183.26 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | PC | $5,463.44 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $5,463.44 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Local | $5,505.46 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $5,631.54 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $5,631.54 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $5,743.61 | ↓ -59% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $6,303.96 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $6,724.23 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | National | $6,738.24 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $7,004.40 | ↓ -50% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $7,004.40 | ↓ -50% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $7,004.40 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $7,144.49 | ↓ -49% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $7,424.67 | ↓ -47% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $7,950.00 | ↓ -43% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $7,950.00 | ↓ -43% |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $8,300.00 | ↓ -41% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $8,405.29 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $9,105.73 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $9,105.73 | ↓ -35% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $9,105.73 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $9,105.73 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $10,366.52 | ↓ -26% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $10,506.61 | ↓ -25% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $10,506.61 | ↓ -25% |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $11,207.05 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $11,207.05 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $11,207.05 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $11,207.05 | ↓ -20% |
| Optum Health | COMM | $12,467.84 | ↓ -11% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $12,888.11 | ↓ -8% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $14,008.81 | ↑ +0% |
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Tilt table study at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $1,087.34 – $1,087.34 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $997.70 | $64.20 – $448.51 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $997.70 | $64.20 – $448.51 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $1,091.20 | $73.72 – $537.00 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $997.70 | $64.20 – $541.00 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $997.70 | $64.20 – $448.51 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $997.70 | $64.20 – $448.51 |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast | Cape Girardeau | $1,840.15 | $246.68 – $2,397.98 |