Analysis tumor at RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER

2323 E 63rd St, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1497795892

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

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Cash price

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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

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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.

$44.33 with Cigna vs $119.30 with BCBS — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $44.33
Cigna LocalKC $53.42
Humana HMO $55.33
Humana POS $55.33
Humana ASO $55.33
Humana PPO $55.33
Humana EPO $55.33
Cigna Comm $66.49
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $69.04
HealthyBlue MGMCD $70.23
Amerigroup MGMCD $71.60
Unicare MGMCD $71.60
CorVel Corporation KSWC $81.98
Home State Health Plan MCD $83.31
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $84.14
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $85.44
United MOMGMCD $99.83
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $119.30
BCBS BlueAccess $119.30
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $119.30

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Analysis tumor at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City $431.10 $44.33 – $138.95
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $275.55 $62.23 – $307.16
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $174.85 $30.65 – $224.98
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $439.44 $44.33 – $138.95
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $674.18 $44.33 – $138.95
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $39.09 – $204.77
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $39.09 – $204.77
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $44.88 – $204.77

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