Cta neck without &/or w/contrast 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 (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.

$101.17 with United vs $16,882.88 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
United KSMGMCD $101.17
HealthyBlue MGMCD $103.19
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $104.21
Unicare MGMCD $105.22
Amerigroup MGMCD $105.22
Aetna Better Health MCD $105.22
Home State Health Plan MCD $122.42
United MOMGMCD $146.70
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $158.49
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $203.82
Cigna LocalKC $242.96
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $267.46
Cigna Comm $303.29
CorVel Corporation KSWC $317.60
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $325.96
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $330.98
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74
Aetna IVLHIX $474.00
Aetna KCCarePlus $498.00
Aetna Local $667.00
Aetna National $811.00
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $851.73
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $851.73
BCBS BlueAccess $851.73
Humana EPO $935.56
Humana ASO $935.56
Humana HMO $935.56
Humana PPO $1,207.70
Humana POS $1,207.70
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $2,194.77
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $3,140.22
NHC Advantage MGMCD $3,207.75
NHC Advantage MGMCR $3,207.75
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $3,376.58
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $4,051.89
United OptionsPPO $4,237.60
Universal Healthcare MCR $5,909.01
BCBS Traditional $6,246.67
BCBS Participating $6,246.67
BCBS PC $6,584.32
BCBS FreedomNetwork $6,584.32
Aetna FHMedicalRental $6,786.92
Coventry WCOMP $6,786.92
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $6,921.98
College Park Family Care Center COMM $7,259.64
United GlobalBenefitPlan $7,597.30
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $8,103.78
Cigna LifeSource COMM $8,441.44
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $8,441.44
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $8,441.44
Aetna NATIONALNAP $8,610.27
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $8,947.93
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $10,129.73
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $10,973.87
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $10,973.87
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $10,973.87
CorVel Corporation MOWC $10,973.87
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $12,493.33
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $12,662.16
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $12,662.16
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $13,506.30
CCO, Inc. COMM $13,506.30
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $13,506.30
Optum Health COMM $15,025.76
Optum Transplant COMM $15,532.25
Optum Health MCD $16,882.88

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Cta neck without &/or w/contrast at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $103.19 – $935.56
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,018.60 $175.68 – $802.43
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,018.60 $175.68 – $802.43
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,320.00 $172.17 – $1,002.04
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,018.60 $205.76 – $802.43
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,018.60 $175.68 – $802.43
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,018.60 $175.68 – $802.43
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $968.88 $174.72 – $316.23

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