Eeg during surgery 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

$13,163.08

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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$13,163.08

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.

$27.30 with United vs $13,163.08 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 $27.30 ↓ -100%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $27.85 ↓ -100%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $28.12 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health MCD $28.39 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MGMCD $28.39 ↓ -100%
Unicare MGMCD $28.39 ↓ -100%
Home State Health Plan MCD $33.03 ↓ -100%
United MOMGMCD $39.59 ↓ -100%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $1,711.20 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $2,448.33 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $2,500.99 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $2,500.99 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $2,500.99 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $2,632.62 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $2,777.41 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $2,777.41 ↓ -79%
Humana ASO $2,777.41 ↓ -79%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $2,895.88 ↓ -78%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $2,895.88 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $3,159.14 ↓ -76%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $3,264.44 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $3,303.93 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $3,488.22 ↓ -73%
Humana POS $3,488.22 ↓ -73%
Cigna LocalKC $3,885.74 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $3,948.92 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $3,948.92 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $3,948.92 ↓ -70%
Aetna IVLHIX $4,027.90 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $4,330.65 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $4,607.08 ↓ -65%
Cigna Comm $4,857.18 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $4,870.34 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $4,870.34 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $5,133.60 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $5,133.60 ↓ -61%
Aetna Local $5,173.09 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $5,291.56 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $5,291.56 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $5,396.86 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $5,660.12 ↓ -57%
BCBS MCRPPO $5,923.39 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $5,923.39 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRHMO $5,923.39 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $6,318.28 ↓ -52%
Aetna National $6,331.44 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $6,581.54 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $6,581.54 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $6,581.54 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $6,713.17 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $6,976.43 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $7,897.85 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $8,556.00 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $8,556.00 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $8,556.00 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $8,556.00 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $9,740.68 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $9,872.31 ↓ -25%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $9,872.31 ↓ -25%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $10,530.46 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $10,530.46 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $10,530.46 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $10,530.46 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $11,715.14 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $12,110.03 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $13,163.08 ↑ +0%

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Eeg during surgery at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $27.85 – $39.59
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,038.95 $185.20 – $185.20
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $513.50 $27.30 – $161.88
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $1,675.05 $27.30 – $2,038.84
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $7,320.91 $27.30 – $28.67
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $161.29 – $161.29
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $161.29 – $161.29
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $161.29 – $161.29

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