Hc fl sm bowel enteroclss tube w kub double contrast 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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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.

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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.

$88.07 with Aetna vs $775.13 with Humana — 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
Aetna KCCarePlus $88.07
HealthyBlue MGMCD $103.19
Amerigroup MGMCD $105.22
Unicare MGMCD $105.22
Aetna Local $118.05
Home State Health Plan MCD $122.42
Aetna National $144.91
United MOMGMCD $146.70
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $203.82
Cigna LocalKC $242.96
Cigna Comm $303.29
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $502.05
CorVel Corporation KSWC $596.18
Humana ASO $600.46
Humana HMO $600.46
Humana EPO $600.46
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $611.87
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $621.28
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $625.28
BCBS BlueAccess $625.28
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $625.28
Humana POS $775.13
Humana PPO $775.13

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Hc fl sm bowel enteroclss tube w kub double contrast at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City not published $84.32 – $625.28
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $672.10 $150.90 – $547.08
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $672.10 $150.90 – $547.08
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $376.20 $172.17 – $547.08
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $672.10 $150.90 – $547.08
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $672.10 $150.90 – $547.08
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $672.10 $150.90 – $547.08
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $689.70 $174.72 – $316.23

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