Allograft epieffect 2x3cm-q4186-cost per sq cm 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.

$34.76 with HealthyBlue vs $209.78 with United — 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
HealthyBlue MGMCD $34.76
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $38.24
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $38.24
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $41.71
United OptionsPPO $43.62
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $52.14
Aetna Better Health MCD $52.14
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $52.14
BCBS BlueAccess $52.14
BCBS Participating $64.31
BCBS Traditional $64.31
BCBS FreedomNetwork $67.78
BCBS PC $67.78
Coventry WCOMP $69.87
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $71.26
BCBS MCRPPO $78.21
United GlobalBenefitPlan $78.21
BCBS MCRHMO $78.21
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $83.42
Cigna LifeSource COMM $86.90
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $86.90
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $86.90
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $104.28
CorVel Corporation MOWC $112.97
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $112.97
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $112.97
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $112.97
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $128.61
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $130.35
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $139.04
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $139.04
CCO, Inc. COMM $139.04
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $139.04
Optum Health COMM $154.68
BCBS TRICARE $158.33
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $158.33
Optum Transplant COMM $159.90
Optum Health MCD $173.80
United AllPayerAppendix $209.78

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Allograft epieffect 2x3cm-q4186-cost per sq cm at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $158.33 – $158.33
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $3,934.79 $124.65 – $265.30
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $3,934.79 $124.65 – $265.30
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $3,934.79 $165.26 – $265.30
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $3,934.79 $124.65 – $265.30
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $3,934.79 $124.65 – $265.30
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $317.85 $131.08 – $131.08
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $414.05 $108.15 – $241.57

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