Chest 2 vws w oblique 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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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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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.

$33.31 with Multiplan vs $5,635.56 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 $33.31
CorVel Corporation KSWC $39.56
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $40.60
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $41.22
Aetna IVLHIX $42.64
Aetna KCCarePlus $44.53
BCBS BlueAccess $47.40
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $47.40
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $47.40
Aetna Local $59.69
United KSMGMCD $59.96
HealthyBlue MGMCD $61.16
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $61.76
Aetna Better Health MCD $62.36
Unicare MGMCD $62.36
Amerigroup MGMCD $62.36
Home State Health Plan MCD $72.55
Aetna National $73.27
United MOMGMCD $86.94
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $96.60
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $121.96
Cigna LocalKC $145.38
Cigna Comm $181.48
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $732.62
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $1,048.21
NHC Advantage MGMCD $1,070.76
NHC Advantage MGMCR $1,070.76
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $1,127.11
Humana HMO $1,189.10
Humana ASO $1,189.10
Humana EPO $1,189.10
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $1,352.53
United OptionsPPO $1,414.53
Humana POS $1,493.42
Humana PPO $1,493.42
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,972.45
BCBS Participating $2,085.16
BCBS Traditional $2,085.16
BCBS PC $2,197.87
BCBS FreedomNetwork $2,197.87
Aetna FHMedicalRental $2,265.50
Coventry WCOMP $2,265.50
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $2,310.58
College Park Family Care Center COMM $2,423.29
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,536.00
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $2,705.07
Cigna LifeSource COMM $2,817.78
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $2,817.78
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $2,817.78
Aetna NATIONALNAP $2,874.14
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $2,986.85
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $3,381.34
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $3,663.11
CorVel Corporation MOWC $3,663.11
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $3,663.11
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $3,663.11
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $4,170.31
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $4,226.67
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $4,226.67
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $4,508.45
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $4,508.45
CCO, Inc. COMM $4,508.45
Optum Health COMM $5,015.65
Optum Transplant COMM $5,184.72
Optum Health MCD $5,635.56

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Chest 2 vws w oblique at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $3,376.50 $33.31 – $121.96
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $211.20 $25.99 – $125.66
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $211.20 $25.99 – $125.66
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $562.10 $29.85 – $138.39
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $211.20 $25.99 – $217.94
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $211.20 $25.99 – $125.66
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $211.20 $25.99 – $125.66
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $348.87 $42.56 – $188.49

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