Card MRI veloc flow mapping 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

$380.92

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.

$380.92

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.

$41.41 with Cigna vs $1,836.00 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 $41.41 ↓ -89%
United KSMGMCD $42.03 ↓ -89%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $42.87 ↓ -89%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $43.29 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup MGMCD $43.71 ↓ -89%
Unicare MGMCD $43.71 ↓ -89%
Aetna Better Health MCD $43.71 ↓ -89%
Cigna LocalKC $49.36 ↓ -87%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $49.52 ↓ -87%
Home State Health Plan MCD $50.86 ↓ -87%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $55.53 ↓ -85%
United MOMGMCD $60.94 ↓ -84%
Cigna Comm $61.62 ↓ -84%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $65.94 ↓ -83%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $67.67 ↓ -82%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $68.72 ↓ -82%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $70.85 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $72.37 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $72.37 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $76.18 ↓ -80%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $83.80 ↓ -78%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $83.80 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $91.42 ↓ -76%
BCBS BlueAccess $93.94 ↓ -75%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $93.94 ↓ -75%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $93.94 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $95.61 ↓ -75%
Humana HMO $111.64 ↓ -71%
Humana ASO $111.64 ↓ -71%
Humana EPO $111.64 ↓ -71%
Universal Healthcare MCR $133.32 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $140.94 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $140.94 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $144.12 ↓ -62%
Humana POS $144.12 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $148.56 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $148.56 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $153.13 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $153.13 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $156.18 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $163.80 ↓ -57%
BCBS MCRHMO $171.41 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $171.41 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRPPO $171.41 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $182.84 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $190.46 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $190.46 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $190.46 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $194.27 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $201.89 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $228.55 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $247.60 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $247.60 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $247.60 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $247.60 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $281.88 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $285.69 ↓ -25%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $285.69 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $304.74 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $304.74 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $304.74 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $339.02 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $350.45 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $380.92 ↑ +0%
Aetna IVLHIX $1,074.00 ↑ +182%
Aetna KCCarePlus $1,125.00 ↑ +195%
Aetna Local $1,514.00 ↑ +297%
Aetna National $1,836.00 ↑ +382%

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Card MRI veloc flow mapping at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $41.41 – $111.64
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $64.90 $43.03 – $200.11
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $64.90 $43.03 – $200.11
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $388.30 $49.40 – $193.06
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $64.90 $43.03 – $200.11
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $64.90 $43.03 – $200.11
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $64.90 $43.03 – $200.11
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $1,130.35 $28.95 – $350.95

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