Diagnostic Mammogram (one breast) 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

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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.

$48.20 with United vs $1,007.90 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 $48.20
HealthyBlue MGMCD $49.16
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $49.65
Amerigroup MGMCD $50.13
Aetna Better Health MCD $50.13
Unicare MGMCD $50.13
Home State Health Plan MCD $58.32
United MOMGMCD $69.89
BCBS MCRPPO $80.12
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $80.12
BCBS MCRHMO $80.12
Optum Transplants OONMCR $80.68
BCBS TRICARE $80.68
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $80.68
Optum Health MCR $80.93
Humana MCRHMO $80.93
Humana MCRPPO $80.93
Humana PFFS $80.93
Devoted Health MGMCR $80.93
United CommunityCareNetwork $80.93
United MGMCR $82.55
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $82.55
Celtic MCR $82.55
Wellcare MCR $82.55
Pyramid Life MCR $86.60
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $103.36
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $114.77
Cigna LocalKC $123.21
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $123.54
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $131.03
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $140.28
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $140.28
BCBS BlueAccess $140.28
CorVel Corporation KSWC $146.71
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $150.57
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $152.89
Cigna Comm $153.80
Aetna IVLHIX $155.91
Aetna KCCarePlus $162.84
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $187.47
NHC Advantage MGMCR $191.50
NHC Advantage MGMCD $191.50
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $201.58
United AllPayerAppendix $205.70
Humana ASO $212.67
Humana HMO $212.67
Humana EPO $212.67
Aetna Local $218.28
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $241.90
United OptionsPPO $252.98
Humana PPO $267.09
Humana POS $267.09
Aetna National $267.94
Universal Healthcare MCR $352.76
BCBS Traditional $372.92
BCBS Participating $372.92
BCBS PC $393.08
BCBS FreedomNetwork $393.08
Aetna FHMedicalRental $405.18
Coventry WCOMP $405.18
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $413.24
College Park Family Care Center COMM $433.40
United GlobalBenefitPlan $453.56
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $483.79
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $503.95
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $503.95
Cigna LifeSource COMM $503.95
Aetna NATIONALNAP $514.03
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $534.19
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $604.74
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $655.13
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $655.13
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $655.13
CorVel Corporation MOWC $655.13
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $745.85
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $755.92
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $806.32
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $806.32
CCO, Inc. COMM $806.32
Optum Health COMM $897.03
Optum Transplant COMM $927.27
Optum Health MCD $1,007.90

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Diagnostic Mammogram (one breast) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $49.16 – $162.84
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $232.10 $74.32 – $289.54
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $232.10 $74.32 – $289.54
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $165.00 $72.83 – $232.37
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $232.10 $95.07 – $289.54
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $232.10 $74.32 – $289.54
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $232.10 $74.32 – $289.54
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $165.00 $73.91 – $133.78

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