Aco med nutria tx/group, ea 30 min 97804aco 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

$145.52

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.

$145.52

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.

$13.66 with Optum Transplants vs $145.52 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
Optum Transplants OONMCR $13.66 ↓ -91%
BCBS MCRHMO $13.90 ↓ -90%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $13.90 ↓ -90%
BCBS MCRPPO $13.90 ↓ -90%
Optum Health MCR $14.04 ↓ -90%
Humana MCRHMO $14.04 ↓ -90%
Humana MCRPPO $14.04 ↓ -90%
Humana PFFS $14.04 ↓ -90%
Devoted Health MGMCR $14.04 ↓ -90%
United CommunityCareNetwork $14.04 ↓ -90%
Wellcare MCR $14.32 ↓ -90%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $14.32 ↓ -90%
Celtic MCR $14.32 ↓ -90%
United MGMCR $14.32 ↓ -90%
Pyramid Life MCR $15.02 ↓ -90%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $16.08 ↓ -89%
BCBS TRICARE $16.08 ↓ -89%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $18.48 ↓ -87%
BCBS BlueAccess $18.48 ↓ -87%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $18.48 ↓ -87%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $18.92 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $27.07 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $27.65 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $27.65 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $27.65 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $29.10 ↓ -80%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $29.10 ↓ -80%
Humana ASO $30.70 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $30.70 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $30.70 ↓ -79%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $32.01 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $34.92 ↓ -76%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $36.09 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $36.53 ↓ -75%
Humana POS $38.56 ↓ -74%
Humana PPO $38.56 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalKC $42.96 ↓ -70%
Aetna Better Health MCD $43.66 ↓ -70%
Aetna IVLHIX $44.53 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $47.88 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $50.93 ↓ -65%
Cigna Comm $53.70 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $53.84 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $53.84 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $56.75 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $56.75 ↓ -61%
Aetna Local $57.19 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $58.50 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $58.50 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $59.66 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $62.57 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $65.48 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $69.85 ↓ -52%
Aetna National $70.00 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $72.76 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $72.76 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $72.76 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $74.22 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $77.13 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $87.31 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $94.59 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $94.59 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $94.59 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $94.59 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $107.68 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $109.14 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $116.42 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $116.42 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $116.42 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $116.42 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $129.51 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $133.88 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $145.52 ↑ +0%

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Aco med nutria tx/group, ea 30 min 97804aco at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $16.08 – $16.08
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $35.20 $11.84 – $14.21
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $35.20 $11.84 – $14.21
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $35.20 $15.86 – $15.86
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $35.20 $11.84 – $14.21
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $35.20 $11.84 – $14.21
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $25.35 $12.27 – $14.71
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $26.65 $11.62 – $42.53

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