An fluoro guide for cvp 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.

$58.56 with United vs $3,604.36 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
United KSMGMCD $58.56
HealthyBlue MGMCD $59.73
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $60.32
Aetna Better Health MCD $60.90
Amerigroup MGMCD $60.90
Unicare MGMCD $60.90
Home State Health Plan MCD $70.86
United MOMGMCD $84.91
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $85.60
CorVel Corporation KSWC $101.65
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $104.33
Aetna IVLHIX $104.36
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $105.93
Aetna KCCarePlus $109.00
Aetna Local $146.10
Humana ASO $172.27
Humana HMO $172.27
Humana EPO $172.27
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $174.73
BCBS BlueAccess $174.73
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $174.73
Aetna National $179.34
Humana PPO $222.38
Humana POS $222.38
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $468.57
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $670.41
NHC Advantage MGMCR $684.83
NHC Advantage MGMCD $684.83
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $720.87
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $792.96
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $792.96
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $865.05
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $893.88
United OptionsPPO $904.69
Cigna LocalKC $1,064.01
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,261.53
Cigna Comm $1,330.01
BCBS Participating $1,333.61
BCBS Traditional $1,333.61
BCBS PC $1,405.70
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,405.70
Coventry WCOMP $1,448.95
Aetna FHMedicalRental $1,448.95
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,477.79
College Park Family Care Center COMM $1,549.87
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,621.96
BCBS MCRPPO $1,621.96
BCBS MCRHMO $1,621.96
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $1,730.09
Cigna LifeSource COMM $1,802.18
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,802.18
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,802.18
Aetna NATIONALNAP $1,838.22
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,910.31
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $2,162.62
CorVel Corporation MOWC $2,342.83
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $2,342.83
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $2,342.83
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $2,342.83
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $2,667.23
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $2,703.27
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $2,703.27
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $2,883.49
CCO, Inc. COMM $2,883.49
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,883.49
Optum Health COMM $3,207.88
Optum Transplant COMM $3,316.01
Optum Health MCD $3,604.36

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An fluoro guide for cvp at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $59.73 – $174.73
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $394.90 $51.63 – $200.65
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $394.90 $51.63 – $200.65
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $645.70 $59.28 – $161.03
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $394.90 $51.63 – $200.65
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $394.90 $51.63 – $200.65
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $394.90 $51.63 – $200.65
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $565.62 $166.11 – $166.11

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