Autoimmune rheumatoid arthr anl 12 mrk ia 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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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.

$426.21 with Cigna vs $1,950.31 with Aetna — 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
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $426.21
Cigna LocalKC $513.63
Cigna Comm $639.31
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $794.42
BCBS MCRHMO $832.24
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $832.24
BCBS MCRPPO $832.24
United CommunityCareNetwork $840.65
Devoted Health MGMCR $840.65
Humana MCRHMO $840.65
Humana MCRPPO $840.65
Humana PFFS $840.65
Optum Health MCR $840.65
Optum Transplants OONMCR $840.65
United AllPayerAppendix $840.65
United MGMCR $857.46
Wellcare MCR $857.46
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $857.46
Celtic MCR $857.46
Pyramid Life MCR $899.50
Aetna IVLHIX $1,134.88
Aetna KCCarePlus $1,185.32
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $1,212.14
Oscar HIX $1,277.79
CorVel Corporation KSWC $1,439.42
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $1,477.30
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $1,500.03
Aetna Local $1,588.83
Aetna National $1,950.31

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Autoimmune rheumatoid arthr anl 12 mrk ia at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $426.21 – $1,500.03
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $616.77 – $2,807.77
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $616.77 – $2,807.77
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $708.20 – $1,454.32
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $616.77 – $2,807.77
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $616.77 – $2,807.77
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $616.77 – $2,807.77
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $756.59 – $1,513.17

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