Diagnostic Mammogram (both breasts) 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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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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$59.88 with United vs $1,235.53 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 $59.88
HealthyBlue MGMCD $61.08
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $61.68
Unicare MGMCD $62.28
Amerigroup MGMCD $62.28
Aetna Better Health MCD $62.28
Home State Health Plan MCD $72.45
United MOMGMCD $86.83
Optum Transplants OONMCR $102.75
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $102.76
BCBS TRICARE $102.76
BCBS MCRPPO $102.80
BCBS MCRHMO $102.80
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $102.80
Optum Health MCR $103.84
Humana MCRHMO $103.84
Humana MCRPPO $103.84
Humana PFFS $103.84
Devoted Health MGMCR $103.84
United CommunityCareNetwork $103.84
United MGMCR $105.92
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $105.92
Celtic MCR $105.92
Wellcare MCR $105.92
Pyramid Life MCR $111.11
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $132.57
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $144.97
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $157.78
Cigna LocalKC $158.03
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $160.62
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $173.16
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $173.16
BCBS BlueAccess $173.16
CorVel Corporation KSWC $187.37
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $192.30
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $195.26
Cigna Comm $197.27
Aetna IVLHIX $199.44
Aetna KCCarePlus $208.30
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $229.81
NHC Advantage MGMCR $234.75
NHC Advantage MGMCD $234.75
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $247.11
Humana ASO $260.70
Humana HMO $260.70
Humana EPO $260.70
United AllPayerAppendix $263.00
Aetna Local $279.21
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $296.53
United OptionsPPO $310.12
Humana PPO $327.42
Humana POS $327.42
Aetna National $342.73
Universal Healthcare MCR $432.44
BCBS Traditional $457.15
BCBS Participating $457.15
BCBS PC $481.86
BCBS FreedomNetwork $481.86
Aetna FHMedicalRental $496.68
Coventry WCOMP $496.68
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $506.57
College Park Family Care Center COMM $531.28
United GlobalBenefitPlan $555.99
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $593.05
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $617.76
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $617.76
Cigna LifeSource COMM $617.76
Aetna NATIONALNAP $630.12
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $654.83
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $741.32
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $803.09
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $803.09
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $803.09
CorVel Corporation MOWC $803.09
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $914.29
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $926.65
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $988.42
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $988.42
CCO, Inc. COMM $988.42
Optum Health COMM $1,099.62
Optum Transplant COMM $1,136.69
Optum Health MCD $1,235.53

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Diagnostic Mammogram (both breasts) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $61.08 – $208.30
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $357.50 $103.84 – $369.77
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $357.50 $103.84 – $369.77
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $319.00 $101.76 – $296.76
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $357.50 $121.62 – $369.77
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $357.50 $103.84 – $369.77
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $357.50 $103.84 – $369.77
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $330.00 $103.27 – $186.91

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