Echocardiography doppler color flow mapping 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

$4,143.43

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.

$4,143.43

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.

$56.93 with United vs $30,000.00 with WPPA ProviDrs Care Network — 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 $56.93 ↓ -99%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $58.07 ↓ -99%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $58.64 ↓ -99%
Unicare MGMCD $59.21 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $59.21 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $59.21 ↓ -99%
Home State Health Plan MCD $68.89 ↓ -98%
United MOMGMCD $82.55 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAccess $401.10 ↓ -90%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $401.10 ↓ -90%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $401.10 ↓ -90%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $538.65 ↓ -87%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $787.25 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $787.25 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $787.25 ↓ -81%
Humana ASO $874.26 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $874.26 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $874.26 ↓ -79%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $911.55 ↓ -78%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $911.55 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $994.42 ↓ -76%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $1,027.57 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $1,040.00 ↓ -75%
Humana POS $1,098.01 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $1,098.01 ↓ -73%
Cigna LocalKC $1,223.14 ↓ -70%
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,450.20 ↓ -65%
Cigna Comm $1,528.93 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $1,533.07 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $1,533.07 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,615.94 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $1,615.94 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $1,665.66 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $1,665.66 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,698.81 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $1,781.67 ↓ -57%
BCBS MCRHMO $1,864.54 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRPPO $1,864.54 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,864.54 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $1,988.85 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $2,071.72 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $2,071.72 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $2,071.72 ↓ -50%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $2,196.02 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $2,486.06 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $2,693.23 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $2,693.23 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $2,693.23 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $2,693.23 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $3,066.14 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $3,107.57 ↓ -25%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $3,107.57 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $3,314.74 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $3,314.74 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $3,314.74 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $3,314.74 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $3,687.65 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $3,811.96 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $4,143.43 ↑ +0%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $16,143.00 ↑ +290%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $30,000.00 ↑ +624%
Aetna Local not published by hospital
Aetna IVLHIX not published by hospital
Aetna KCCarePlus not published by hospital
Aetna National not published by hospital
Aetna NATIONALNAP not published by hospital

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Echocardiography doppler color flow mapping at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $58.07 – $401.10
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,011.45 $22.96 – $22.96
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,011.45 $22.96 – $22.96
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,056.55 $26.37 – $145.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,011.45 $22.96 – $22.96
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,011.45 $22.96 – $22.96
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,011.45 $22.96 – $22.96
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $725.86 $26.50 – $26.50

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