Bone/joint imaging ltd area 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.

$222.41 with HealthyBlue vs $680.83 with Cigna — 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
HealthyBlue MGMCD $222.41
Amerigroup MGMCD $226.77
Unicare MGMCD $226.77
Humana EPO $262.63
Humana HMO $262.63
Humana ASO $262.63
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $262.94
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $262.94
BCBS BlueAccess $262.94
Home State Health Plan MCD $263.84
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $272.08
United MOMGMCD $316.17
CorVel Corporation KSWC $323.10
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $331.60
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $336.70
Humana POS $339.02
Humana PPO $339.02
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $457.55
Cigna LocalKC $545.40
Cigna Comm $680.83
Aetna National not published by hospital
Aetna Local not published by hospital
Aetna KCCarePlus not published by hospital

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Bone/joint imaging ltd area at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City not published $218.05 – $457.55
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $591.25 $155.58 – $637.64
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $591.25 $155.58 – $637.64
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $550.00 $178.64 – $511.74
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $591.25 $155.58 – $754.24
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $591.25 $155.58 – $637.64
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $591.25 $155.58 – $637.64
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $784.08 $252.07 – $720.75

All Missouri hospitals for this procedure →