#cbg+cort-cbg 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

$687.15

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.

$687.15

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.

$9.13 with Cigna vs $687.15 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 $9.13 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $11.00 ↓ -98%
Cigna Comm $13.69 ↓ -98%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $17.01 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $17.31 ↓ -97%
BCBS TRICARE $17.31 ↓ -97%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $17.82 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $17.82 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRHMO $17.82 ↓ -97%
Optum Health MCR $18.00 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $18.00 ↓ -97%
Humana MCRHMO $18.00 ↓ -97%
Humana MCRPPO $18.00 ↓ -97%
Humana PFFS $18.00 ↓ -97%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $18.00 ↓ -97%
United CommunityCareNetwork $18.00 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $18.00 ↓ -97%
United KSMGMCD $18.00 ↓ -97%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $18.36 ↓ -97%
Celtic MCR $18.36 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $18.36 ↓ -97%
Wellcare MCR $18.36 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $18.36 ↓ -97%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $18.54 ↓ -97%
Unicare MGMCD $18.72 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $18.72 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $18.72 ↓ -97%
Pyramid Life MCR $19.26 ↓ -97%
Home State Health Plan MCD $21.78 ↓ -97%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $24.14 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAccess $24.14 ↓ -96%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $24.14 ↓ -96%
Aetna IVLHIX $24.30 ↓ -96%
Aetna KCCarePlus $25.38 ↓ -96%
United MOMGMCD $26.10 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $27.36 ↓ -96%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $32.18 ↓ -95%
Aetna Local $34.02 ↓ -95%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $38.22 ↓ -94%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $39.22 ↓ -94%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $39.83 ↓ -94%
Aetna National $41.76 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $44.05 ↓ -94%
Humana ASO $44.05 ↓ -94%
Humana POS $44.05 ↓ -94%
Humana HMO $44.05 ↓ -94%
Humana EPO $44.05 ↓ -94%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $89.33 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $127.81 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $130.56 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $130.56 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $137.43 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $164.92 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $172.47 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $240.50 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $254.25 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $254.25 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $267.99 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $267.99 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $276.23 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $276.23 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $281.73 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $295.47 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $309.22 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $329.83 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $343.57 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $343.57 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $343.57 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $350.45 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $364.19 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $412.29 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $446.65 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $446.65 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $446.65 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $446.65 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $508.49 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $515.36 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $549.72 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $549.72 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $549.72 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $611.56 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $632.18 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $687.15 ↑ +0%

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#cbg+cort-cbg at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $9.13 – $44.05
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $66.55 $16.27 – $74.21
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $66.55 $16.27 – $74.21
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $66.55 $17.64 – $38.44
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $66.55 $16.27 – $74.21
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $66.55 $16.27 – $74.21
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $66.55 $16.27 – $74.21
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $102.05 $16.22 – $24.95

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