Drvvt confirm - quest 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

$307.00

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.

$307.00

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.

$9.12 with Cigna vs $307.00 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
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $9.12 ↓ -97%
Cigna LocalKC $10.99 ↓ -96%
Cigna Comm $13.68 ↓ -96%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $16.99 ↓ -94%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $17.29 ↓ -94%
BCBS TRICARE $17.29 ↓ -94%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $17.80 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCRPPO $17.80 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCRHMO $17.80 ↓ -94%
Optum Health MCR $17.98 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health MGMCR $17.98 ↓ -94%
Humana MCRHMO $17.98 ↓ -94%
Humana MCRPPO $17.98 ↓ -94%
Humana PFFS $17.98 ↓ -94%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $17.98 ↓ -94%
United CommunityCareNetwork $17.98 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $17.98 ↓ -94%
United KSMGMCD $17.98 ↓ -94%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $18.34 ↓ -94%
Celtic MCR $18.34 ↓ -94%
United MGMCR $18.34 ↓ -94%
Wellcare MCR $18.34 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $18.34 ↓ -94%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $18.52 ↓ -94%
Unicare MGMCD $18.70 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health MCD $18.70 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCD $18.70 ↓ -94%
Pyramid Life MCR $19.24 ↓ -94%
Home State Health Plan MCD $21.76 ↓ -93%
Aetna IVLHIX $24.27 ↓ -92%
Aetna KCCarePlus $25.35 ↓ -92%
United MOMGMCD $26.07 ↓ -92%
Oscar HIX $27.33 ↓ -91%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $32.18 ↓ -90%
Aetna Local $33.98 ↓ -89%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $37.88 ↓ -88%
BCBS BlueAccess $37.88 ↓ -88%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $37.88 ↓ -88%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $38.22 ↓ -88%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $39.22 ↓ -87%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $39.83 ↓ -87%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $39.91 ↓ -87%
Aetna National $41.71 ↓ -86%
Humana PPO $44.00 ↓ -86%
Humana ASO $44.00 ↓ -86%
Humana POS $44.00 ↓ -86%
Humana HMO $44.00 ↓ -86%
Humana EPO $44.00 ↓ -86%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $57.10 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $58.33 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $58.33 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $61.40 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $73.68 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $77.06 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $107.45 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $113.59 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $113.59 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $119.73 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $119.73 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $123.41 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $123.41 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $125.87 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $132.01 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $138.15 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $147.36 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $153.50 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $153.50 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $153.50 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $156.57 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $162.71 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $184.20 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $199.55 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $199.55 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $199.55 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $199.55 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $227.18 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $230.25 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $245.60 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $245.60 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $245.60 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $273.23 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $282.44 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $307.00 ↑ +0%

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Drvvt confirm - quest at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $153.25 $9.12 – $44.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $31.35 $17.98 – $74.11
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $31.35 $17.98 – $74.11
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $34.10 $17.62 – $38.39
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $31.35 $17.98 – $74.11
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $31.35 $17.98 – $74.11
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $31.35 $17.98 – $74.11
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $325.60 $16.18 – $32.36

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