Car ion chnnlpath inc 2 gns 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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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.

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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.

$296.55 with Cigna vs $1,356.97 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 $296.55
Cigna LocalKC $357.38
Cigna Comm $444.82
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $552.73
BCBS MCRHMO $579.05
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $579.05
BCBS MCRPPO $579.05
United CommunityCareNetwork $584.90
Devoted Health MGMCR $584.90
Humana MCRHMO $584.90
Humana MCRPPO $584.90
Humana PFFS $584.90
Optum Health MCR $584.90
Optum Transplants OONMCR $584.90
United AllPayerAppendix $584.90
United MGMCR $596.60
Wellcare MCR $596.60
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $596.60
Celtic MCR $596.60
Pyramid Life MCR $625.84
Aetna IVLHIX $789.61
Aetna KCCarePlus $824.71
Oscar HIX $889.05
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $1,041.35
Aetna Local $1,105.46
CorVel Corporation KSWC $1,236.61
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $1,269.15
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $1,288.67
Aetna National $1,356.97

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Car ion chnnlpath inc 2 gns at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $296.55 – $1,288.67
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $584.90 – $2,411.81
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $584.90 – $2,411.81
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $573.20 – $1,249.23
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $584.90 – $2,411.81
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $584.90 – $2,411.81
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $584.90 – $2,411.81
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $526.41 – $1,052.82

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