CT upper extremity without contrast (both sides) 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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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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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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$61.16 with HealthyBlue vs $811.00 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $61.16
Amerigroup MGMCD $62.36
Unicare MGMCD $62.36
Home State Health Plan MCD $72.55
United MOMGMCD $86.94
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $121.96
Cigna LocalKC $145.38
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $168.90
Cigna Comm $181.48
CorVel Corporation KSWC $200.56
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $205.84
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $209.01
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $316.26
BCBS BlueAccess $316.26
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $316.26
Humana ASO $352.37
Humana EPO $352.37
Humana HMO $352.37
Humana PPO $454.86
Humana POS $454.86
Aetna KCCarePlus $498.00
Aetna Local $667.00
Aetna National $811.00

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CT upper extremity without contrast (both sides) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City not published $59.96 – $474.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $815.10 $104.71 – $441.48
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $815.10 $104.71 – $441.48
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $990.00 $102.62 – $551.30
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $815.10 $119.72 – $441.48
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $815.10 $104.71 – $441.48
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $815.10 $104.71 – $441.48
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $895.62 $104.14 – $188.49

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