Upper GI Barium X-ray (barium only) at RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER
2323 E 63rd St, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1497795892
not published by hospital
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
not published by hospital
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$98.26 with Aetna vs $4,708.28 with United Behavioral Health — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $98.26 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $101.80 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $103.19 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $105.22 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $105.22 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $120.89 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $124.07 | — |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $125.98 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $143.48 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $143.48 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $143.48 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $216.87 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $251.11 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $314.71 | — |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $612.08 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $875.74 | — |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $894.57 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $894.57 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $894.57 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $1,064.07 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $1,064.07 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $1,064.07 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $1,341.86 | — |
| Humana | POS | $1,341.86 | — |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $1,647.90 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $1,742.06 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,742.06 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $1,836.23 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $1,836.23 | — |
| Aetna | Local | $1,850.35 | — |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $1,892.73 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $1,892.73 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $1,930.39 | — |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $2,024.56 | — |
| Aetna | National | $2,264.68 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $2,354.14 | — |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $2,401.22 | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $2,495.39 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $3,060.38 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $3,484.13 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $3,531.21 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $3,531.21 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $3,766.62 | — |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $3,766.62 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $3,766.62 | — |
| United Behavioral Health | VACCN | $4,708.28 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Upper GI Barium X-ray (barium only) at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $94.08 – $216.87 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $482.35 | $78.51 – $238.61 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $482.35 | $78.51 – $238.61 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $482.35 | $90.15 – $226.76 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $482.35 | $78.51 – $357.10 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $482.35 | $78.51 – $238.61 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $482.35 | $78.51 – $238.61 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $653.40 | $134.77 – $316.23 |