Fractionation ketosteroids 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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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.

$14.45 with Cigna vs $66.13 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $14.45
Cigna LocalKC $17.42
HealthyBlue MGMCD $18.93
Amerigroup MGMCD $19.30
Unicare MGMCD $19.30
Cigna Comm $21.68
Home State Health Plan MCD $22.46
United MOMGMCD $26.91
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $27.41
BCBS TRICARE $27.41
Devoted Health MGMCR $28.50
United Behavioral Health VACCN $28.50
United MGMCR $29.07
Celtic MCR $29.07
Pyramid Life MCR $30.50
Aetna KCCarePlus $40.19
Oscar HIX $43.32
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $46.72
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $51.51
BCBS BlueAccess $51.51
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $51.51
Aetna Local $53.87
CorVel Corporation KSWC $55.48
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $56.94
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $57.82
Humana ASO $64.36
Humana POS $64.36
Humana PPO $64.36
Humana HMO $64.36
Humana EPO $64.36
Aetna National $66.13

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Fractionation ketosteroids at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City not published $14.45 – $57.82
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $28.50 – $108.45
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $28.50 – $108.45
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $27.93 – $56.17
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $28.50 – $108.45
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $28.50 – $108.45
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $28.50 – $108.45
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $25.65 – $51.30

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