Appl multlay comprs arm/hand 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.

$53.32 with United vs $2,550.00 with NHC Advantage — 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 $53.32
HealthyBlue MGMCD $54.39
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $54.92
Unicare MGMCD $55.45
Aetna Better Health MCD $55.45
Amerigroup MGMCD $55.45
Home State Health Plan MCD $64.52
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $67.03
United MOMGMCD $77.31
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $95.91
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $103.13
Oscar HIX $111.28
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $113.44
Humana ASO $123.58
Humana HMO $123.58
Humana EPO $123.58
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $123.75
United OptionsPPO $129.42
BCBS BlueAccess $154.69
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $154.69
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $154.69
Humana PPO $155.21
Humana POS $155.21
Aetna IVLHIX $157.78
Aetna KCCarePlus $169.64
BCBS Participating $190.78
BCBS Traditional $190.78
BCBS FreedomNetwork $201.10
BCBS PC $201.10
Aetna Local $202.64
Universal Healthcare MCR $205.00
Coventry WCOMP $207.28
Aetna FHMedicalRental $207.28
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $211.41
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $216.66
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $219.00
United GlobalBenefitPlan $232.03
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $247.50
Aetna National $248.02
College Park Family Care Center COMM $251.86
CorVel Corporation KSWC $257.28
Cigna LifeSource COMM $257.81
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $257.81
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $257.81
Cigna LocalKC $262.00
Aetna NATIONALNAP $262.97
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $264.05
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $268.11
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $309.38
Cigna Comm $327.00
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $335.16
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $335.16
CorVel Corporation MOWC $335.16
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $335.16
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $381.57
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $386.72
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $386.72
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $412.50
CCO, Inc. COMM $412.50
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $412.50
Optum Health COMM $458.91
Optum Transplant COMM $474.38
Optum Health MCD $515.63
United AllPayerAppendix $1,279.00
NHC Advantage MGMCR $2,550.00
NHC Advantage MGMCD $2,550.00
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork not published by hospital

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Appl multlay comprs arm/hand at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $54.39 – $268.11
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $467.28 $161.87 – $2,277.00
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $204.10 $134.52 – $207.16
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $17.51 – $2,167.00
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $17.51 – $2,167.00
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $20.11 – $1,632.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $17.51 – $3,886.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $17.51 – $2,167.00

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