Abdominal and Pelvic Blood Vessel Ultrasound (complete) at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER

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

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

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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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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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$79.38 with United vs $5,508.14 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

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
United KSMGMCD $79.38 —
HealthyBlue MGMCD $80.97 —
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $81.76 —
Aetna Better Health MCD $82.56 —
Unicare MGMCD $82.56 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $82.56 —
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $289.24 —
Cigna LocalKC $334.90 —
Cigna Comm $419.72 —
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $716.06 —
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $1,024.51 —
Oscar HIX $1,046.55 —
NHC Advantage MGMCR $1,046.55 —
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $1,046.55 —
NHC Advantage MGMCD $1,046.55 —
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $1,211.79 —
Humana ASO $1,244.84 —
Humana HMO $1,244.84 —
Humana EPO $1,244.84 —
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $1,321.95 —
United OptionsPPO $1,343.99 —
Humana POS $1,569.82 —
Humana PPO $1,569.82 —
Aetna KCCarePlus $1,619.00 —
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $1,652.44 —
BCBS BlueAccess $1,652.44 —
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $1,652.44 —
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,927.85 —
BCBS Traditional $2,038.01 —
BCBS Participating $2,038.01 —
Aetna Local $2,125.00 —
BCBS FreedomNetwork $2,148.17 —
BCBS PC $2,148.17 —
Coventry WCOMP $2,214.27 —
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $2,258.34 —
College Park Family Care Center COMM $2,368.50 —
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,478.66 —
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $2,643.91 —
Aetna National $2,665.00 —
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $2,754.07 —
Cigna LifeSource COMM $2,754.07 —
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $2,754.07 —
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $2,919.31 —
CorVel Corporation MOWC $3,580.29 —
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $4,076.02 —
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $4,131.10 —
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $4,131.10 —
CCO, Inc. COMM $4,406.51 —
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $4,406.51 —
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $4,406.51 —
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $4,406.51 —
Optum Health COMM $4,902.24 —
Optum Transplant COMM $5,067.49 —
Optum Health MCD $5,508.14 —

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Abdominal and Pelvic Blood Vessel Ultrasound (complete) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $80.97 – $289.24
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,320.55 $189.27 – $362.39
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,320.55 $189.27 – $362.39
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,156.10 $217.32 – $362.39
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,320.55 $189.27 – $362.39
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,320.55 $189.27 – $362.39
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,320.55 $189.27 – $362.39
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $914.10 $237.67 – $430.18

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