_afb id by dna probe rflx ast 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

$731.88

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.

$731.88

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.

$10.16 with Cigna vs $731.88 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
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $10.16 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $12.25 ↓ -98%
Cigna Comm $15.25 ↓ -98%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $18.95 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $19.28 ↓ -97%
BCBS TRICARE $19.28 ↓ -97%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $19.85 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $19.85 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRHMO $19.85 ↓ -97%
Optum Health MCR $20.05 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $20.05 ↓ -97%
Humana MCRHMO $20.05 ↓ -97%
Humana MCRPPO $20.05 ↓ -97%
Humana PFFS $20.05 ↓ -97%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $20.05 ↓ -97%
United CommunityCareNetwork $20.05 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $20.05 ↓ -97%
United KSMGMCD $20.05 ↓ -97%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $20.45 ↓ -97%
Celtic MCR $20.45 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $20.45 ↓ -97%
Wellcare MCR $20.45 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $20.45 ↓ -97%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $20.65 ↓ -97%
Unicare MGMCD $20.85 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $20.85 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $20.85 ↓ -97%
Pyramid Life MCR $21.45 ↓ -97%
Home State Health Plan MCD $24.26 ↓ -97%
Aetna IVLHIX $27.06 ↓ -96%
Aetna KCCarePlus $28.27 ↓ -96%
Humana EPO $28.52 ↓ -96%
Humana POS $28.52 ↓ -96%
Humana ASO $28.52 ↓ -96%
Humana HMO $28.52 ↓ -96%
Humana PPO $28.52 ↓ -96%
United MOMGMCD $29.07 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $30.48 ↓ -96%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $35.82 ↓ -95%
Aetna Local $37.89 ↓ -95%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $42.23 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueAccess $42.23 ↓ -94%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $42.23 ↓ -94%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $42.53 ↓ -94%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $43.65 ↓ -94%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $44.32 ↓ -94%
Aetna National $46.51 ↓ -94%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $95.14 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $136.13 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $139.06 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $139.06 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $146.38 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $175.65 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $183.70 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $256.16 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $270.80 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $270.80 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $285.43 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $285.43 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $294.22 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $294.22 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $300.07 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $314.71 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $329.35 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $351.30 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $365.94 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $365.94 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $365.94 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $373.26 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $387.90 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $439.13 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $475.72 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $475.72 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $475.72 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $475.72 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $541.59 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $548.91 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $585.50 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $585.50 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $585.50 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $651.37 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $673.33 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $731.88 ↑ +0%

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_afb id by dna probe rflx ast at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $338.75 $10.16 – $44.32
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $161.70 $20.05 – $82.70
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $161.70 $20.05 – $82.70
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $161.70 $20.05 – $82.70
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $161.70 $20.05 – $82.70
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $161.70 $20.05 – $82.70
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $106.70 $18.05 – $36.09
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $128.70 $20.05 – $28.40

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