Drsg wound matrix sheet 2.5x2.5cm-7 sq cm-cost per sq cm 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.

$18.20 with HealthyBlue vs $209.78 with United — 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
HealthyBlue MGMCD $18.20
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $20.02
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $20.02
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $21.84
United OptionsPPO $22.84
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $27.30
Aetna Better Health MCD $27.30
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $27.30
BCBS BlueAccess $27.30
BCBS Participating $33.67
BCBS Traditional $33.67
BCBS FreedomNetwork $35.49
BCBS PC $35.49
Coventry WCOMP $36.59
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $37.31
BCBS MCRHMO $40.95
BCBS MCRPPO $40.95
United GlobalBenefitPlan $40.95
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $43.68
Cigna LifeSource COMM $45.51
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $45.51
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $45.51
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $54.61
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $59.16
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $59.16
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $59.16
CorVel Corporation MOWC $59.16
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $67.35
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $68.26
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $68.26
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $72.81
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $72.81
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $72.81
CCO, Inc. COMM $72.81
Optum Health COMM $81.00
Optum Transplant COMM $83.73
Optum Health MCD $91.01
United AllPayerAppendix $209.78

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Drsg wound matrix sheet 2.5x2.5cm-7 sq cm-cost per sq cm at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,281.98 $81.06 – $149.57
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,281.98 $81.06 – $149.57
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,281.98 $81.06 – $81.06
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,281.98 $81.06 – $149.57
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,281.98 $81.06 – $149.57
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $203.45 $131.08 – $131.08
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $163.80 $83.91 – $799.71
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $2,482.35 $108.15 – $241.57

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