3d recon without postprocess indpndt 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

$4,515.12

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.

$4,515.12

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.

$17.58 with Multiplan vs $4,515.12 with Optum 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 $17.58 ↓ -100%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $20.88 ↓ -100%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $21.43 ↓ -100%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $21.76 ↓ -100%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $98.66 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAccess $98.66 ↓ -98%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $98.66 ↓ -98%
United KSMGMCD $100.47 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $102.48 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $103.48 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.49 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $104.49 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $104.49 ↓ -98%
Humana EPO $111.64 ↓ -98%
Humana ASO $111.64 ↓ -98%
Humana HMO $111.64 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $121.57 ↓ -97%
Humana PPO $144.12 ↓ -97%
Humana POS $144.12 ↓ -97%
United MOMGMCD $145.68 ↓ -97%
Aetna KCCarePlus $498.00 ↓ -89%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $586.97 ↓ -87%
Aetna Local $667.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna National $811.00 ↓ -82%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $839.81 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $857.87 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $857.87 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $903.02 ↓ -80%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $993.33 ↓ -78%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $993.33 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $1,083.63 ↓ -76%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $1,119.75 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $1,133.30 ↓ -75%
Cigna LocalKC $1,332.86 ↓ -70%
Aetna IVLHIX $1,381.63 ↓ -69%
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,580.29 ↓ -65%
Cigna Comm $1,666.08 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $1,670.59 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $1,670.59 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $1,760.90 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,760.90 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $1,815.08 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $1,815.08 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,851.20 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $1,941.50 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,031.80 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRPPO $2,031.80 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRHMO $2,031.80 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $2,167.26 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $2,257.56 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $2,257.56 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $2,257.56 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $2,302.71 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $2,393.01 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $2,709.07 ↓ -40%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $2,934.83 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $2,934.83 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $2,934.83 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $2,934.83 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $3,341.19 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $3,386.34 ↓ -25%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $3,386.34 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $3,612.10 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $3,612.10 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $3,612.10 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $4,018.46 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $4,153.91 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $4,515.12 ↑ +0%

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3d recon without postprocess indpndt at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $17.58 – $145.68
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $828.85 $12.93 – $41.29
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $828.85 $12.93 – $41.29
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,005.95 $14.84 – $33.14
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $828.85 $12.93 – $41.29
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $828.85 $12.93 – $41.29
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $828.85 $12.93 – $41.29
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $968.88 $82.01 – $82.01

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