Application multi layer compression below knee (both sides) 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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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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$38.17 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

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

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 $38.17
HealthyBlue MGMCD $38.93
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $39.32
Unicare MGMCD $39.70
Aetna Better Health MCD $39.70
Amerigroup MGMCD $39.70
Home State Health Plan MCD $46.19
United MOMGMCD $55.35
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $76.14
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $108.94
Oscar HIX $111.28
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $117.14
Humana EPO $123.58
Humana ASO $123.58
Humana HMO $123.58
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $128.86
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $140.57
United OptionsPPO $147.01
Humana PPO $155.21
Humana POS $155.21
Aetna IVLHIX $179.23
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $191.34
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $191.34
BCBS BlueAccess $191.34
Aetna KCCarePlus $192.70
Universal Healthcare MCR $205.00
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $216.66
BCBS Traditional $216.71
BCBS Participating $216.71
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $219.00
BCBS FreedomNetwork $228.43
BCBS PC $228.43
Aetna Local $230.18
Coventry WCOMP $235.46
Aetna FHMedicalRental $235.46
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $240.14
College Park Family Care Center COMM $251.86
CorVel Corporation KSWC $257.28
Cigna LocalKC $262.00
United GlobalBenefitPlan $263.57
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $264.05
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $268.11
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $281.14
Aetna National $281.73
Cigna LifeSource COMM $292.86
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $292.86
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $292.86
Aetna NATIONALNAP $298.71
Cigna Comm $327.00
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $351.43
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $380.71
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $380.71
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $380.71
CorVel Corporation MOWC $380.71
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $433.43
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $439.28
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $439.28
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $468.57
CCO, Inc. COMM $468.57
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $468.57
Optum Health COMM $521.28
Optum Transplant COMM $538.85
Optum Health MCD $585.71
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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Application multi layer compression below knee (both sides) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $38.93 – $380.35
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $534.60 $14.12 – $2,167.00
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $534.60 $14.12 – $2,167.00
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $102.17 $16.21 – $1,632.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $534.60 $14.12 – $2,444.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $534.60 $14.12 – $2,167.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $534.60 $14.12 – $2,167.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $752.40 $161.87 – $2,277.00

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