Iron binding capacity 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

$48.25

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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.

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$48.25

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.

$4.43 with Cigna vs $38.60 with Evernorth 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
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $4.43 ↓ -91%
Cigna LocalKC $5.34 ↓ -89%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $6.27 ↓ -87%
Cigna Comm $6.65 ↓ -86%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $8.41 ↓ -83%
BCBS TRICARE $8.41 ↓ -83%
Devoted Health MGMCR $8.74 ↓ -82%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $8.74 ↓ -82%
United MGMCR $8.91 ↓ -82%
Celtic MCR $8.91 ↓ -82%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $8.91 ↓ -82%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $8.97 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.09 ↓ -81%
Unicare MGMCD $9.09 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $9.17 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $9.17 ↓ -81%
Pyramid Life MCR $9.35 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $9.65 ↓ -80%
Home State Health Plan MCD $10.58 ↓ -78%
Aetna KCCarePlus $12.32 ↓ -74%
United MOMGMCD $12.67 ↓ -74%
Oscar HIX $13.28 ↓ -72%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $15.58 ↓ -68%
Aetna Local $16.52 ↓ -66%
Universal Healthcare MCR $16.89 ↓ -65%
BCBS Participating $17.85 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $17.85 ↓ -63%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $18.41 ↓ -62%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $18.41 ↓ -62%
BCBS BlueAccess $18.41 ↓ -62%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $18.50 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $18.82 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $18.82 ↓ -61%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $18.98 ↓ -61%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $19.28 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $19.40 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $19.40 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $19.78 ↓ -59%
Aetna National $20.28 ↓ -58%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $20.75 ↓ -57%
Humana EPO $21.39 ↓ -56%
Humana PPO $21.39 ↓ -56%
Humana ASO $21.39 ↓ -56%
Humana POS $21.39 ↓ -56%
Humana HMO $21.39 ↓ -56%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $24.13 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $24.61 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $25.57 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $31.36 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $35.70 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $36.19 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $38.60 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $38.60 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $38.60 ↓ -20%

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Iron binding capacity at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City $517.70 $4.43 – $19.28
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $36.30 $8.74 – $36.04
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $36.30 $8.74 – $36.04
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $36.30 $8.74 – $36.04
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $36.30 $8.74 – $36.04
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $36.30 $8.74 – $36.04
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $66.00 $7.87 – $15.73
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $75.40 $8.74 – $12.12

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