Calcium ionized 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

$398.22

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.

$398.22

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.

$6.93 with Cigna vs $398.22 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
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $6.93 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalKC $8.36 ↓ -98%
Cigna Comm $10.40 ↓ -97%
United KSMGMCD $11.63 ↓ -97%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $11.86 ↓ -97%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $11.98 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $12.10 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.10 ↓ -97%
Unicare MGMCD $12.10 ↓ -97%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $12.93 ↓ -97%
BCBS TRICARE $13.16 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $13.16 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $13.54 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRHMO $13.54 ↓ -97%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $13.54 ↓ -97%
Optum Health MCR $13.68 ↓ -97%
Humana PFFS $13.68 ↓ -97%
Humana MCRPPO $13.68 ↓ -97%
Humana MCRHMO $13.68 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $13.68 ↓ -97%
United CommunityCareNetwork $13.68 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.68 ↓ -97%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $13.68 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $13.95 ↓ -96%
Celtic MCR $13.95 ↓ -96%
Wellcare MCR $13.95 ↓ -96%
United MGMCR $13.95 ↓ -96%
Home State Health Plan MCD $14.07 ↓ -96%
Pyramid Life MCR $14.64 ↓ -96%
Humana PPO $15.70 ↓ -96%
Humana ASO $15.70 ↓ -96%
Humana HMO $15.70 ↓ -96%
Humana POS $15.70 ↓ -96%
Humana EPO $15.70 ↓ -96%
United MOMGMCD $16.86 ↓ -96%
Aetna IVLHIX $18.47 ↓ -95%
Aetna KCCarePlus $19.29 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $20.79 ↓ -95%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $24.40 ↓ -94%
Aetna Local $25.86 ↓ -94%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $28.78 ↓ -93%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $28.78 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueAccess $28.78 ↓ -93%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $28.97 ↓ -93%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $29.74 ↓ -93%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $30.20 ↓ -92%
Aetna National $31.74 ↓ -92%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $51.77 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $74.07 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $75.66 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $75.66 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $79.64 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $95.57 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $99.95 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $139.38 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $147.34 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $147.34 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $155.31 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $155.31 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $160.08 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $160.08 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $163.27 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $171.23 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $179.20 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $191.15 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $199.11 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $199.11 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $199.11 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $203.09 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $211.06 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $238.93 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $258.84 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $258.84 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $258.84 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $258.84 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $294.68 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $298.67 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $318.58 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $318.58 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $318.58 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $354.42 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $366.36 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $398.22 ↑ +0%

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Calcium ionized at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $197.75 $6.93 – $30.20
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $57.75 $13.68 – $56.38
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $57.75 $13.68 – $56.38
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $88.00 $13.41 – $29.20
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $57.75 $13.68 – $56.38
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $57.75 $13.68 – $56.38
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $57.75 $13.68 – $56.38
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $86.35 $12.31 – $24.62

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