#covid19rsv-rsv 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.

$16.15 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $162.87 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
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $16.15
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $23.10
NHC Advantage MGMCR $23.60
NHC Advantage MGMCD $23.60
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $24.84
Humana ASO $26.21
Humana EPO $26.21
Humana HMO $26.21
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $29.81
United OptionsPPO $31.18
Humana POS $32.92
Humana PPO $32.92
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $35.59
BCBS BlueAccess $37.27
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $37.27
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $37.27
Cigna LocalKC $42.89
Universal Healthcare MCR $43.48
BCBS Participating $45.96
BCBS Traditional $45.96
BCBS PC $48.45
BCBS FreedomNetwork $48.45
Aetna FHMedicalRental $49.94
Coventry WCOMP $49.94
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $50.93
Cigna Comm $53.39
College Park Family Care Center COMM $53.41
United GlobalBenefitPlan $55.90
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $59.63
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $62.11
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $62.11
Cigna LifeSource COMM $62.11
Aetna NATIONALNAP $63.35
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $65.84
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $66.34
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $67.52
BCBS TRICARE $67.52
BCBS MCRPPO $69.50
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $69.50
BCBS MCRHMO $69.50
Devoted Health MGMCR $70.20
Humana MCRHMO $70.20
Humana MCRPPO $70.20
Humana PFFS $70.20
United AllPayerAppendix $70.20
United KSMGMCD $70.20
United CommunityCareNetwork $70.20
Optum Transplants OONMCR $70.20
Optum Health MCR $70.20
Wellcare MCR $71.60
United MGMCR $71.60
HealthyBlue MGMCD $71.60
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $71.60
Celtic MCR $71.60
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $72.31
Aetna Better Health MCD $73.01
Unicare MGMCD $73.01
Amerigroup MGMCD $73.01
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $74.53
Pyramid Life MCR $75.11
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $80.74
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $80.74
CorVel Corporation MOWC $80.74
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $80.74
Home State Health Plan MCD $84.94
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $91.92
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $93.17
Aetna IVLHIX $94.77
Aetna KCCarePlus $98.98
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $99.38
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $99.38
CCO, Inc. COMM $99.38
United MOMGMCD $101.79
Oscar HIX $106.70
Optum Health COMM $110.56
Optum Transplant COMM $114.28
Optum Health MCD $124.22
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $125.10
Aetna Local $132.68
CorVel Corporation KSWC $148.56
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $152.47
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $154.82
Aetna National $162.87

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#covid19rsv-rsv at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $35.59 – $154.82
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $135.85 $70.20 – $97.30
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $150.80 $70.20 – $97.30
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $128.70 $62.44 – $259.95
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $157.95 $63.18 – $252.16
Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter $137.15 $63.18 – $245.70
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $102.70 $53.49 – $410.75
Mercy Primary Care - Bernie Bernie $65.25 $29.48 – $87.00

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