Chest X-ray (single view) 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

$760.88

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.

$760.88

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.

$13.88 with Multiplan vs $760.88 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 $13.88 ↓ -98%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $16.48 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $16.92 ↓ -98%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $17.18 ↓ -98%
Aetna KCCarePlus $18.60 ↓ -98%
Aetna Local $24.93 ↓ -97%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $25.36 ↓ -97%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $25.36 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAccess $25.36 ↓ -97%
Aetna National $30.60 ↓ -96%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $49.71 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MGMCD $50.69 ↓ -93%
Unicare MGMCD $50.69 ↓ -93%
Home State Health Plan MCD $58.98 ↓ -92%
United MOMGMCD $70.67 ↓ -91%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $98.91 ↓ -87%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $100.81 ↓ -87%
Cigna LocalKC $120.17 ↓ -84%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $141.52 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $144.57 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $144.57 ↓ -81%
Cigna Comm $150.01 ↓ -80%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $152.18 ↓ -80%
Humana ASO $160.55 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $160.55 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $160.55 ↓ -79%
Humana POS $201.63 ↓ -74%
Humana PPO $201.63 ↓ -74%
Universal Healthcare MCR $266.31 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $281.53 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $281.53 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $296.74 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $296.74 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $305.87 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $305.87 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $311.96 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $327.18 ↓ -57%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $380.44 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $388.05 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $403.27 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $494.57 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $563.05 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $570.66 ↓ -25%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $570.66 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $608.70 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $608.70 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $608.70 ↓ -20%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $760.88 ↑ +0%

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Chest X-ray (single view) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City not published $13.88 – $100.81
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $138.60 $10.85 – $104.60
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $138.60 $10.85 – $104.60
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $197.45 $12.46 – $104.60
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $138.60 $10.85 – $161.80
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $138.60 $10.85 – $104.60
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $138.60 $10.85 – $104.60
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $263.64 $17.79 – $156.90

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