Brcassure comprehensive panel-sendout 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

$4,424.67

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.

$4,424.67

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.

$575.21 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $4,424.67 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
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $575.21 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $822.99 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $840.69 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $840.69 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $884.93 ↓ -80%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $884.93 ↓ -80%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $925.21 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $933.61 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $933.61 ↓ -79%
Humana ASO $933.61 ↓ -79%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $1,061.92 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $1,110.59 ↓ -75%
Cigna LocalKC $1,115.00 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $1,172.54 ↓ -73%
Humana POS $1,172.54 ↓ -73%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $1,327.40 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $1,327.40 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $1,327.40 ↓ -70%
Aetna Better Health MCD $1,327.40 ↓ -70%
Cigna Comm $1,387.82 ↓ -69%
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,548.63 ↓ -65%
BCBS Participating $1,637.13 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $1,637.13 ↓ -63%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $1,724.51 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,725.62 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $1,725.62 ↓ -61%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $1,755.17 ↓ -60%
BCBS TRICARE $1,755.17 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $1,778.72 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $1,778.72 ↓ -60%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $1,806.63 ↓ -59%
BCBS MCRHMO $1,806.63 ↓ -59%
BCBS MCRPPO $1,806.63 ↓ -59%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,814.11 ↓ -59%
United CommunityCareNetwork $1,824.88 ↓ -59%
Optum Health MCR $1,824.88 ↓ -59%
Devoted Health MGMCR $1,824.88 ↓ -59%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,824.88 ↓ -59%
Humana PFFS $1,824.88 ↓ -59%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $1,824.88 ↓ -59%
Humana MCRHMO $1,824.88 ↓ -59%
Humana MCRPPO $1,824.88 ↓ -59%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $1,861.38 ↓ -58%
Celtic MCR $1,861.38 ↓ -58%
Wellcare MCR $1,861.38 ↓ -58%
United MGMCR $1,861.38 ↓ -58%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $1,902.61 ↓ -57%
Pyramid Life MCR $1,952.62 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,991.10 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $2,123.84 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $2,212.34 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $2,212.34 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $2,212.34 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $2,256.58 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $2,345.08 ↓ -47%
Aetna IVLHIX $2,463.59 ↓ -44%
Aetna KCCarePlus $2,573.08 ↓ -42%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $2,654.80 ↓ -40%
Oscar HIX $2,773.82 ↓ -37%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $2,876.04 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $2,876.04 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $2,876.04 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $2,876.04 ↓ -35%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $3,248.66 ↓ -27%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $3,274.26 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $3,318.50 ↓ -25%
Aetna Local $3,449.02 ↓ -22%
CCO, Inc. COMM $3,539.74 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $3,539.74 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $3,539.74 ↓ -20%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $3,857.78 ↓ -13%
Optum Health COMM $3,937.96 ↓ -11%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $3,959.30 ↓ -11%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $4,020.21 ↓ -9%
Optum Transplant COMM $4,070.70 ↓ -8%
Aetna National $4,233.72 ↓ -4%
Optum Health MCD $4,424.67 ↑ +0%

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Brcassure comprehensive panel-sendout at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $925.21 – $4,020.21
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $1,968.45 $1,642.39 – $3,284.78
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $3,809.37 $925.21 – $4,020.21
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $9,525.34 $925.21 – $4,020.21
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $1,824.88 – $7,524.79
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $1,824.88 – $7,524.79
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $1,788.38 – $3,897.57
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $1,824.88 – $7,524.79

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