X-ray lumbosacral spine >= 4 views 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

$1,091.25

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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.

$1,091.25

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.

$43.03 with Multiplan vs $1,091.25 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
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $43.03 ↓ -96%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $51.10 ↓ -95%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $52.45 ↓ -95%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $53.25 ↓ -95%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $61.16 ↓ -94%
Aetna KCCarePlus $61.88 ↓ -94%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $62.10 ↓ -94%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $62.10 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueAccess $62.10 ↓ -94%
Unicare MGMCD $62.36 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCD $62.36 ↓ -94%
Humana HMO $72.43 ↓ -93%
Humana ASO $72.43 ↓ -93%
Humana EPO $72.43 ↓ -93%
Home State Health Plan MCD $72.55 ↓ -93%
Aetna Local $82.95 ↓ -92%
United MOMGMCD $86.94 ↓ -92%
Humana PPO $93.50 ↓ -91%
Humana POS $93.50 ↓ -91%
Aetna National $101.82 ↓ -91%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $121.96 ↓ -89%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $141.86 ↓ -87%
Cigna LocalKC $145.38 ↓ -87%
Cigna Comm $181.48 ↓ -83%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $202.97 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $207.34 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $207.34 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $218.25 ↓ -80%
Universal Healthcare MCR $381.94 ↓ -65%
BCBS Participating $403.76 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $403.76 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $425.59 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $425.59 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $438.68 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $438.68 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $447.41 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $469.24 ↓ -57%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $545.63 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $556.54 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $578.36 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $709.31 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $807.52 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $818.44 ↓ -25%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $818.44 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $873.00 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $873.00 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $873.00 ↓ -20%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $1,091.25 ↑ +0%

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X-ray lumbosacral spine >= 4 views at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City not published $43.03 – $121.96
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

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