Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray (4 or more views) 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.
$43.03 with Multiplan vs $5,133.23 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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| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $43.03 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $51.10 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $52.45 | — |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $53.25 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $61.16 | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $61.88 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $62.10 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $62.10 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $62.10 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $62.36 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $62.36 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $129.77 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $150.26 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $188.31 | — |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $667.32 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $954.78 | — |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $975.31 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $975.31 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $975.31 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $1,160.11 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $1,160.11 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $1,160.11 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $1,462.97 | — |
| Humana | POS | $1,462.97 | — |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $1,796.63 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $1,899.30 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,899.30 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $2,001.96 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $2,001.96 | — |
| Aetna | Local | $2,017.36 | — |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $2,063.56 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $2,063.56 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $2,104.62 | — |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $2,207.29 | — |
| Aetna | National | $2,469.08 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $2,566.61 | — |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $2,617.95 | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $2,720.61 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $3,336.60 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $3,798.59 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $3,849.92 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $3,849.92 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $4,106.58 | — |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $4,106.58 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $4,106.58 | — |
| United Behavioral Health | VACCN | $5,133.23 | — |
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray (4 or more views) at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $43.03 – $129.77 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $358.05 | $32.63 – $125.66 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $358.05 | $32.63 – $125.66 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $418.00 | $37.47 – $138.39 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $358.05 | $32.63 – $217.94 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $358.05 | $32.63 – $125.66 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $358.05 | $32.63 – $125.66 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $456.06 | $56.17 – $188.49 |