Brcassure comprehensive panel-sendout 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.

$925.21 with Cigna vs $4,233.72 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
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $925.21
Cigna LocalKC $1,115.00
Cigna Comm $1,387.82
BCBS TRICARE $1,755.17
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $1,755.17
Devoted Health MGMCR $1,824.88
United Behavioral Health VACCN $1,824.88
United MGMCR $1,861.38
Celtic MCR $1,861.38
Pyramid Life MCR $1,952.62
Aetna KCCarePlus $2,573.08
Oscar HIX $2,773.82
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $3,248.66
Aetna Local $3,449.02
CorVel Corporation KSWC $3,857.78
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $3,959.30
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $4,020.21
Aetna National $4,233.72

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Brcassure comprehensive panel-sendout at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City $4,424.67 $925.21 – $4,020.21
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $1,968.45 $1,642.39 – $3,284.78
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $3,809.37 $925.21 – $4,020.21
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $9,525.34 $925.21 – $4,020.21
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $1,824.88 – $7,524.79
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $1,824.88 – $7,524.79
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $1,788.38 – $3,897.57
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $1,824.88 – $7,524.79

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