Liver imaging at RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER
2323 E 63rd St, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1497795892
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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.
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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.
$229.05 with Multiplan vs $892.24 with Cigna — 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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| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $229.05 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $271.99 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $279.15 | — |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $283.45 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $288.68 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $290.66 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $290.66 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $290.66 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $294.34 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $294.34 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $296.31 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $296.31 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $296.31 | — |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $342.45 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $382.50 | — |
| Humana | POS | $382.50 | — |
| United | MOMGMCD | $410.38 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $599.63 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $714.75 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $892.24 | — |
| Aetna | National | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Local | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | not published by hospital | — |
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Liver imaging at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER | Kansas City | $4,712.83 | $229.05 – $599.63 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $1,876.60 | $199.66 – $652.62 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $693.66 | $276.81 – $978.92 |
| Mercy Hospital Aurora | Aurora | $980.20 | $102.00 – $706.64 |
| SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital | Saint Louis | $1,019.70 | $169.86 – $880.92 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | not published | $173.89 – $652.62 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | not published | $173.89 – $652.62 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | not published | $173.89 – $978.80 |