Cardiac perf planar sgl/ef/wm 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

$10,543.00

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.

$10,543.00

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.

$347.50 with Multiplan vs $10,543.00 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
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $347.50 ↓ -97%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $412.66 ↓ -96%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $423.52 ↓ -96%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $430.04 ↓ -96%
Humana HMO $442.11 ↓ -96%
Humana EPO $442.11 ↓ -96%
Humana ASO $442.11 ↓ -96%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $457.55 ↓ -96%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $457.55 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAccess $457.55 ↓ -96%
Humana POS $570.71 ↓ -95%
Humana PPO $570.71 ↓ -95%
United KSMGMCD $744.60 ↓ -93%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $759.49 ↓ -93%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $766.94 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MGMCD $774.38 ↓ -93%
Unicare MGMCD $774.38 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health MCD $774.38 ↓ -93%
Home State Health Plan MCD $900.97 ↓ -91%
United MOMGMCD $1,079.67 ↓ -90%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $1,159.50 ↓ -89%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $1,370.59 ↓ -87%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $1,575.29 ↓ -85%
Cigna LocalKC $1,877.74 ↓ -82%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $1,961.00 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $2,003.17 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $2,003.17 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $2,108.60 ↓ -80%
Cigna Comm $2,344.03 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $2,530.32 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $2,646.29 ↓ -75%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,938.37 ↓ -72%
Universal Healthcare MCR $3,690.05 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $3,900.91 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $3,900.91 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $4,111.77 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $4,111.77 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $4,238.29 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $4,238.29 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $4,322.63 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $4,533.49 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $4,744.35 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $5,060.64 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $5,271.50 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $5,271.50 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $5,271.50 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $5,376.93 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $5,587.79 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $6,325.80 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $6,852.95 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $6,852.95 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $6,852.95 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $6,852.95 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $7,801.82 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $7,907.25 ↓ -25%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $7,907.25 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $8,434.40 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $8,434.40 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $8,434.40 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $9,383.27 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $9,699.56 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $10,543.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna IVLHIX not published by hospital
Aetna National not published by hospital
Aetna KCCarePlus not published by hospital
Aetna Local not published by hospital

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Cardiac perf planar sgl/ef/wm at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $347.50 – $1,575.29
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,353.55 $266.70 – $1,556.09
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,353.55 $266.70 – $1,556.09
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $2,045.45 $306.24 – $1,658.54
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,353.55 $266.70 – $2,611.88
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,353.55 $266.70 – $1,556.09
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,353.55 $266.70 – $1,556.09
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $1,680.25 $128.79 – $1,713.87

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