Myelography l-s spine at RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER
2323 E 63rd St, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1497795892
$2,218.75
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.
$2,218.75
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.
$66.17 with Multiplan vs $2,218.75 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 | $66.17 | ↓ -97% |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $78.57 | ↓ -96% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $80.64 | ↓ -96% |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $81.88 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $162.93 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $162.93 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $162.93 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | ASO | $175.33 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | HMO | $175.33 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | EPO | $175.33 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | PPO | $226.33 | ↓ -90% |
| Humana | POS | $226.33 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $273.73 | ↓ -88% |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $288.44 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Local | $366.92 | ↓ -83% |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $412.69 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $421.56 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $421.56 | ↓ -81% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $423.87 | ↓ -81% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $432.18 | ↓ -81% |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $432.18 | ↓ -81% |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $443.75 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | National | $450.40 | ↓ -80% |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $502.83 | ↓ -77% |
| United | MOMGMCD | $602.56 | ↓ -73% |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $776.56 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $820.94 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Participating | $820.94 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $865.31 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | PC | $865.31 | ↓ -61% |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $888.26 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $891.94 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $891.94 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $909.69 | ↓ -59% |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $954.06 | ↓ -57% |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $1,058.81 | ↓ -52% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $1,109.38 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $1,131.56 | ↓ -49% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $1,175.94 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna | Comm | $1,321.73 | ↓ -40% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $1,442.19 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $1,641.88 | ↓ -26% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $1,664.06 | ↓ -25% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $1,664.06 | ↓ -25% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $1,775.00 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $1,775.00 | ↓ -20% |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $1,775.00 | ↓ -20% |
| United Behavioral Health | VACCN | $2,218.75 | ↑ +0% |
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Myelography l-s spine at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $66.17 – $888.26 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $943.80 | $49.84 – $942.22 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $943.80 | $49.84 – $942.22 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $1,739.65 | $57.23 – $942.22 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $943.80 | $49.84 – $1,430.36 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $943.80 | $49.84 – $942.22 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $943.80 | $49.84 – $942.22 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $815.10 | $143.58 – $1,413.34 |