Vein x-ray skull epidural at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER
2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842
$35,729.22
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.
$35,729.22
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.
$118.92 with Multiplan vs $35,729.22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $118.92 | ↓ -100% |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $141.22 | ↓ -100% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $144.93 | ↓ -100% |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $147.16 | ↓ -100% |
| United | KSMGMCD | $324.54 | ↓ -99% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $331.03 | ↓ -99% |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $334.28 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $337.52 | ↓ -99% |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $337.52 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $337.52 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $378.18 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $378.18 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $378.18 | ↓ -99% |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $392.69 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | HMO | $403.23 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | ASO | $403.23 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | EPO | $403.23 | ↓ -99% |
| United | MOMGMCD | $470.58 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $479.61 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | PPO | $520.52 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | POS | $520.52 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $696.92 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $809.54 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $830.73 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $845.52 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | Comm | $1,037.02 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | Local | $1,133.36 | ↓ -97% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,218.65 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | National | $1,391.21 | ↓ -96% |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $4,644.80 | ↓ -87% |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $6,645.63 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $6,788.55 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $6,788.55 | ↓ -81% |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $7,145.84 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $8,575.01 | ↓ -76% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $8,968.03 | ↓ -75% |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $12,505.23 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $13,219.81 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Participating | $13,219.81 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | PC | $13,934.40 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $13,934.40 | ↓ -61% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $14,363.15 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $14,363.15 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $14,648.98 | ↓ -59% |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $15,363.56 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $16,078.15 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $17,150.03 | ↓ -52% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $17,864.61 | ↓ -50% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $17,864.61 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $17,864.61 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $18,221.90 | ↓ -49% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $18,936.49 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $21,437.53 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $23,223.99 | ↓ -35% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $23,223.99 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $23,223.99 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $23,223.99 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $26,439.62 | ↓ -26% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $26,796.92 | ↓ -25% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $26,796.92 | ↓ -25% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $28,583.38 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $28,583.38 | ↓ -20% |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $28,583.38 | ↓ -20% |
| Optum Health | COMM | $31,799.01 | ↓ -11% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $32,870.88 | ↓ -8% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $35,729.22 | ↑ +0% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Vein x-ray skull epidural at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $118.92 – $845.52 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $1,465.75 | $62.43 – $2,762.79 |
| SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital | Saint Louis | $2,052.05 | $89.65 – $974.92 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | not published | $91.77 – $753.98 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | not published | $91.77 – $753.98 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | not published | $105.38 – $753.98 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | not published | $91.77 – $1,083.24 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | not published | $91.77 – $753.98 |