Echo stress at RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER
2323 E 63rd St, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1497795892
$2,079.75
Cash price 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.
$2,079.75
Gross charge 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.
$182.28 with HealthyBlue vs $2,079.75 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $182.28 | ↓ -91% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $185.86 | ↓ -91% |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $185.86 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $186.22 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $186.22 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $186.22 | ↓ -91% |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $216.24 | ↓ -90% |
| United | MOMGMCD | $259.13 | ↓ -88% |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $270.37 | ↓ -87% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $395.15 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $395.15 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $395.15 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | ASO | $438.83 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | HMO | $438.83 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | EPO | $438.83 | ↓ -79% |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $515.78 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | PPO | $551.13 | ↓ -74% |
| Humana | POS | $551.13 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $613.94 | ↓ -70% |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $727.91 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | Comm | $767.43 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $769.51 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Participating | $769.51 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $811.10 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | PC | $811.10 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $836.06 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $836.06 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $852.70 | ↓ -59% |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $894.29 | ↓ -57% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $1,039.88 | ↓ -50% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $1,102.27 | ↓ -47% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $1,351.84 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $1,539.02 | ↓ -26% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $1,559.81 | ↓ -25% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $1,559.81 | ↓ -25% |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $1,663.80 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $1,663.80 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $1,663.80 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $1,663.80 | ↓ -20% |
| United Behavioral Health | VACCN | $2,079.75 | ↑ +0% |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Local | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | National | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Echo stress at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER | Kansas City | $6,259.54 | $178.71 – $216.24 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $3,489.75 | $170.64 – $656.76 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $3,489.75 | $170.64 – $656.76 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $981.20 | $195.93 – $656.76 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $3,489.75 | $170.64 – $170.64 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $3,489.75 | $170.64 – $656.76 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $3,489.75 | $170.64 – $656.76 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $1,443.65 | $211.18 – $985.13 |