Bone Density Scan (DEXA) 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.

$41.65 with Multiplan vs $281.55 with Aetna — 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
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $41.65
CorVel Corporation KSWC $49.46
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $50.76
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $51.54
HealthyBlue MGMCD $61.16
Amerigroup MGMCD $62.36
Unicare MGMCD $62.36
Home State Health Plan MCD $72.55
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $81.56
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $81.56
BCBS BlueAccess $81.56
United MOMGMCD $86.94
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $121.96
Cigna LocalKC $145.38
Humana EPO $158.10
Humana ASO $158.10
Humana HMO $158.10
Aetna KCCarePlus $171.12
Cigna Comm $181.48
Humana PPO $204.09
Humana POS $204.09
Aetna Local $229.37
Aetna National $281.55

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Bone Density Scan (DEXA) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City not published $41.65 – $163.84
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $256.30 $31.20 – $125.66
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $256.30 $31.20 – $125.66
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $291.50 $35.83 – $138.39
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $256.30 $31.20 – $217.94
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $256.30 $31.20 – $125.66
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $256.30 $31.20 – $125.66
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $224.40 $65.51 – $188.49

All Missouri hospitals for this procedure →