Boot softgait shrt m 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

$1,921.00

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.

$1,921.00

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.

$190.11 with Optum Transplants vs $1,921.00 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
Optum Transplants OONMCR $190.11 ↓ -90%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $191.97 ↓ -90%
BCBS MCRPPO $191.97 ↓ -90%
BCBS MCRHMO $191.97 ↓ -90%
BCBS TRICARE $193.91 ↓ -90%
Humana MCRHMO $193.91 ↓ -90%
Devoted Health MGMCR $193.91 ↓ -90%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $193.91 ↓ -90%
Optum Health MCR $193.91 ↓ -90%
United CommunityCareNetwork $193.91 ↓ -90%
Humana MCRPPO $193.91 ↓ -90%
Humana PFFS $193.91 ↓ -90%
United MGMCR $197.79 ↓ -90%
Wellcare MCR $197.79 ↓ -90%
Celtic MCR $197.79 ↓ -90%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $197.79 ↓ -90%
Pyramid Life MCR $207.48 ↓ -89%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $249.73 ↓ -87%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $384.20 ↓ -80%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $422.62 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $461.04 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $482.17 ↓ -75%
Aetna Better Health MCD $576.30 ↓ -70%
BCBS Participating $710.77 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $710.77 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $749.19 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $749.19 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $772.24 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $772.24 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $787.61 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $864.45 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $922.08 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $960.50 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $960.50 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $960.50 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $979.71 ↓ -49%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $1,152.60 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $1,248.65 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $1,248.65 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $1,248.65 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $1,421.54 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1,440.75 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1,536.80 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $1,536.80 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $1,536.80 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,536.80 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $1,709.69 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $1,767.32 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $1,921.00 ↑ +0%

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Boot softgait shrt m at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $193.91 – $207.48
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $48.75 $148.52 – $199.92
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $135.82 – $232.69
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis not published $115.55 – $115.55
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit not published $191.97 – $207.48
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence not published $191.97 – $207.48

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