Catheter without bag 2-way latex 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.

$17.60 with Optum Transplants vs $19.20 with Pyramid Life — 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
Optum Transplants OONMCR $17.60
BCBS MCRPPO $17.76
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $17.76
BCBS MCRHMO $17.76
Humana PFFS $17.94
BCBS TRICARE $17.94
Humana MCRHMO $17.94
United CommunityCareNetwork $17.94
Humana MCRPPO $17.94
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $17.94
Devoted Health MGMCR $17.94
Optum Health MCR $17.94
Celtic MCR $18.30
Wellcare MCR $18.30
United MGMCR $18.30
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $18.30
Pyramid Life MCR $19.20

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Catheter without bag 2-way latex at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $17.94 – $19.20
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $12.58 – $12.58
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis not published $10.70 – $10.70
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit not published $17.76 – $19.20
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence not published $17.76 – $19.20

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