Parathyroid planar img w/tomo spect 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

$5,591.50

Cash price

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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.

$5,591.50

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.

$222.41 with HealthyBlue vs $5,591.50 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 $222.41 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $226.77 ↓ -96%
Unicare MGMCD $226.77 ↓ -96%
Home State Health Plan MCD $263.84 ↓ -95%
United MOMGMCD $316.17 ↓ -94%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $407.66 ↓ -93%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $457.55 ↓ -92%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $484.09 ↓ -91%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $496.83 ↓ -91%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $504.47 ↓ -91%
Cigna LocalKC $545.40 ↓ -90%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $631.65 ↓ -89%
BCBS BlueAccess $631.65 ↓ -89%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $631.65 ↓ -89%
Cigna Comm $680.83 ↓ -88%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $726.89 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $1,040.02 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $1,062.38 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $1,062.38 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $1,118.30 ↓ -80%
Humana EPO $1,179.81 ↓ -79%
Humana ASO $1,179.81 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $1,179.81 ↓ -79%
Humana PPO $1,481.75 ↓ -73%
Humana POS $1,481.75 ↓ -73%
Aetna KCCarePlus $1,839.60 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,957.03 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $2,068.86 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $2,068.86 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $2,180.68 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $2,180.68 ↓ -61%
Aetna Local $2,197.46 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $2,247.78 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $2,247.78 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $2,292.51 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $2,404.34 ↓ -57%
Aetna National $2,689.51 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $2,795.75 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $2,851.66 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $2,963.49 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $3,634.47 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $4,137.71 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $4,193.63 ↓ -25%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $4,193.63 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $4,473.20 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $4,473.20 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $4,473.20 ↓ -20%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $5,591.50 ↑ +0%

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Parathyroid planar img w/tomo spect at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $747.45 $312.58 – $955.47
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $747.45 $312.58 – $955.47
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $860.20 $358.91 – $766.81
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $747.45 $312.58 – $955.47
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $747.45 $312.58 – $955.47
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $747.45 $312.58 – $955.47
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $812.46 $398.21 – $720.75
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $1,445.60 $479.57 – $595.65

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