Demonstration/evaluation utilization aersol generator/nebulizer/metered dose inhaler/ippb device 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

$1,050.63

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.

$1,050.63

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.

$69.09 with United vs $1,050.63 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 $69.09 ↓ -93%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $70.47 ↓ -93%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $71.16 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health MCD $71.85 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MGMCD $71.85 ↓ -93%
Unicare MGMCD $71.85 ↓ -93%
Home State Health Plan MCD $83.60 ↓ -92%
United MOMGMCD $100.18 ↓ -90%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $136.58 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $195.42 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $199.62 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $199.62 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $199.62 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $210.13 ↓ -80%
Humana ASO $221.68 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $221.68 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $221.68 ↓ -79%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $231.14 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $252.15 ↓ -76%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $260.56 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $263.71 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $278.42 ↓ -73%
Humana POS $278.42 ↓ -73%
Cigna LocalKC $310.15 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $315.19 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $315.19 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $315.19 ↓ -70%
Aetna IVLHIX $321.49 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $345.66 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $367.72 ↓ -65%
Cigna Comm $387.68 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $388.73 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $388.73 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $409.75 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $409.75 ↓ -61%
Aetna Local $412.90 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $422.35 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $422.35 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $430.76 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $451.77 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $472.78 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $504.30 ↓ -52%
Aetna National $505.35 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $525.32 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $525.32 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $525.32 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $535.82 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $556.83 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $630.38 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $682.91 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $682.91 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $682.91 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $682.91 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $777.47 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $787.97 ↓ -25%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $787.97 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $840.50 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $840.50 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $840.50 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $840.50 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $935.06 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $966.58 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $1,050.63 ↑ +0%

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Demonstration/evaluation utilization aersol generator/nebulizer/metered dose inhaler/ippb device at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $70.47 – $100.18
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $138.60 $17.59 – $263.20
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $138.60 $17.59 – $263.20
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $198.00 $20.19 – $263.20
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $138.60 $17.59 – $17.59
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $138.60 $17.59 – $263.20
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $138.60 $17.59 – $263.20
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $99.00 $30.34 – $394.80

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