Lung Function Test Before and After an Inhaler at RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER

2323 E 63rd St, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1497795892

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

$1,611.15

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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.

$1,611.15

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.

$103.71 with HealthyBlue vs $1,611.15 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.

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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
HealthyBlue MGMCD $103.71 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCD $105.75 ↓ -93%
Unicare MGMCD $105.75 ↓ -93%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $209.45 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $299.67 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $306.12 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $306.12 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $306.12 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $306.12 ↓ -81%
Humana ASO $364.12 ↓ -77%
Humana EPO $364.12 ↓ -77%
Humana HMO $364.12 ↓ -77%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $391.51 ↓ -76%
Cigna LocalKC $455.96 ↓ -72%
Humana POS $459.18 ↓ -71%
Humana PPO $459.18 ↓ -71%
BCBS BlueAccess $483.35 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $483.35 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $483.35 ↓ -70%
Aetna KCCarePlus $530.07 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $563.90 ↓ -65%
Cigna Comm $570.35 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $596.13 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $596.13 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $628.35 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $628.35 ↓ -61%
Aetna Local $633.18 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $647.68 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $647.68 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $660.57 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $692.79 ↓ -57%
Aetna National $774.96 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $805.58 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $821.69 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $853.91 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $1,047.25 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $1,192.25 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1,208.36 ↓ -25%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $1,208.36 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $1,288.92 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1,288.92 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $1,288.92 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,288.92 ↓ -20%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $1,611.15 ↑ +0%

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Lung Function Test Before and After an Inhaler at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City $1,611.15 $101.68 – $105.75
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $737.55 $48.40 – $448.51
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $737.55 $48.40 – $448.51
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $457.60 $55.58 – $448.51
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $737.55 $48.40 – $48.40
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $737.55 $48.40 – $448.51
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $737.55 $48.40 – $448.51
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $588.03 $83.11 – $672.77

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