Assay of procainamide 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

$1,074.03

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.

$1,074.03

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.

$23.71 with United vs $1,074.03 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 $23.71 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $24.18 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $24.42 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $24.66 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $24.66 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $24.66 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $28.69 ↓ -97%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $30.42 ↓ -97%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $32.81 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAccess $32.81 ↓ -97%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $32.81 ↓ -97%
United MOMGMCD $34.38 ↓ -97%
Cigna LocalKC $36.66 ↓ -97%
Humana PPO $40.99 ↓ -96%
Humana POS $40.99 ↓ -96%
Humana ASO $40.99 ↓ -96%
Humana HMO $40.99 ↓ -96%
Humana EPO $40.99 ↓ -96%
Cigna Comm $45.63 ↓ -96%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $56.70 ↓ -95%
BCBS TRICARE $57.71 ↓ -95%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $57.71 ↓ -95%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $59.40 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCRHMO $59.40 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCRPPO $59.40 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health MGMCR $60.00 ↓ -94%
Humana MCRHMO $60.00 ↓ -94%
Humana MCRPPO $60.00 ↓ -94%
Humana PFFS $60.00 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $60.00 ↓ -94%
Optum Health MCR $60.00 ↓ -94%
United CommunityCareNetwork $60.00 ↓ -94%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $60.00 ↓ -94%
Celtic MCR $61.20 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $61.20 ↓ -94%
United MGMCR $61.20 ↓ -94%
Wellcare MCR $61.20 ↓ -94%
Pyramid Life MCR $64.20 ↓ -94%
Aetna IVLHIX $81.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna KCCarePlus $84.60 ↓ -92%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $86.70 ↓ -92%
Oscar HIX $91.20 ↓ -92%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $102.95 ↓ -90%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $105.66 ↓ -90%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $107.29 ↓ -90%
Aetna Local $113.40 ↓ -89%
Aetna National $139.20 ↓ -87%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $139.62 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $199.77 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $204.07 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $204.07 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $214.81 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $257.77 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $269.58 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $375.91 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $397.39 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $397.39 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $418.87 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $418.87 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $431.76 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $431.76 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $440.35 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $461.83 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $483.31 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $515.53 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $537.01 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $537.01 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $537.01 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $547.76 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $569.24 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $644.42 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $698.12 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $698.12 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $698.12 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $698.12 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $794.78 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $805.52 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $859.22 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $859.22 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $859.22 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $955.89 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $988.11 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $1,074.03 ↑ +0%

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Assay of procainamide at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $533.75 $24.18 – $107.29
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $1,018.94 $23.71 – $107.29
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $725.61 $23.71 – $107.29
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Lexington $571.66 $23.71 – $107.29
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $23.81 – $200.40
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $23.81 – $200.40
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $27.34 – $103.80
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $23.81 – $200.40

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