Chest X-ray 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

$1,900.45

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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$1,900.45

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.

$25.45 with Multiplan vs $1,900.45 with United Behavioral 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.

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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 $25.45 ↓ -99%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $30.22 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $31.01 ↓ -98%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $31.49 ↓ -98%
Aetna KCCarePlus $34.03 ↓ -98%
Aetna Local $45.61 ↓ -98%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $46.41 ↓ -98%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $46.41 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAccess $46.41 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $49.71 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $50.69 ↓ -97%
Unicare MGMCD $50.69 ↓ -97%
Aetna National $55.99 ↓ -97%
Home State Health Plan MCD $58.98 ↓ -97%
United MOMGMCD $70.67 ↓ -96%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $100.81 ↓ -95%
Cigna LocalKC $120.17 ↓ -94%
Cigna Comm $150.01 ↓ -92%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $247.06 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $353.48 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $361.09 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $361.09 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $380.09 ↓ -80%
Humana ASO $400.99 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $400.99 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $400.99 ↓ -79%
Humana POS $503.62 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $503.62 ↓ -73%
Universal Healthcare MCR $665.16 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $703.17 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $703.17 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $741.18 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $741.18 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $763.98 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $763.98 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $779.18 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $817.19 ↓ -57%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $950.23 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $969.23 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,007.24 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $1,235.29 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $1,406.33 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $1,425.34 ↓ -25%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1,425.34 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1,520.36 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $1,520.36 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,520.36 ↓ -20%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $1,900.45 ↑ +0%

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Chest X-ray at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City not published $25.45 – $100.81
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $201.85 $19.86 – $104.60
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $201.85 $19.86 – $104.60
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $281.60 $22.81 – $104.60
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $201.85 $19.86 – $161.80
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $201.85 $19.86 – $104.60
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $201.85 $19.86 – $104.60
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $278.97 $32.52 – $156.90

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