1pc ost pch drain hgh output at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER

2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

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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.

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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.

$8.05 with Optum Transplants vs $8.78 with Pyramid Life — 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
Optum Transplants OONMCR $8.05
BCBS MCRPPO $8.13
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $8.13
BCBS MCRHMO $8.13
Humana PFFS $8.21
BCBS TRICARE $8.21
Humana MCRHMO $8.21
United CommunityCareNetwork $8.21
Humana MCRPPO $8.21
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $8.21
Devoted Health MGMCR $8.21
Optum Health MCR $8.21
Celtic MCR $8.37
Wellcare MCR $8.37
United MGMCR $8.37
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $8.37
Pyramid Life MCR $8.78

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1pc ost pch drain hgh output at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $8.21 – $8.78
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $7.69 – $7.69
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis not published $6.54 – $6.54
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit not published $8.13 – $8.78
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence not published $8.13 – $8.78

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