Elec stim unattend for press 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

$724.63

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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$724.63

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.

$9.72 with Optum Transplants vs $724.63 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
Optum Transplants OONMCR $9.72 ↓ -99%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $9.90 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRHMO $9.90 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $9.90 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $10.00 ↓ -99%
United CommunityCareNetwork $10.00 ↓ -99%
Humana MCRHMO $10.00 ↓ -99%
Humana MCRPPO $10.00 ↓ -99%
Humana PFFS $10.00 ↓ -99%
Optum Health MCR $10.00 ↓ -99%
Celtic MCR $10.20 ↓ -99%
Wellcare MCR $10.20 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $10.20 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $10.20 ↓ -99%
Pyramid Life MCR $10.70 ↓ -99%
BCBS TRICARE $11.05 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $11.05 ↓ -98%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $94.20 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $134.78 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $137.68 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $137.68 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $137.68 ↓ -81%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $144.93 ↓ -80%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $144.93 ↓ -80%
Humana ASO $152.90 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $152.90 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $152.90 ↓ -79%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $159.42 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $173.91 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $181.88 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $192.03 ↓ -73%
Humana POS $192.03 ↓ -73%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $217.39 ↓ -70%
Aetna Better Health MCD $217.39 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $217.39 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $217.39 ↓ -70%
Aetna IVLHIX $221.74 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $238.40 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $253.62 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $268.11 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $268.11 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $282.61 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $282.61 ↓ -61%
Aetna Local $284.78 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $291.30 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $291.30 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $297.10 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $311.59 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $326.08 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $347.82 ↓ -52%
Aetna National $348.55 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $362.31 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $362.31 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $362.31 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $369.56 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $384.05 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $434.78 ↓ -40%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $471.01 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $471.01 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $471.01 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $471.01 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $536.23 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $543.47 ↓ -25%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $579.70 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $579.70 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $579.70 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $579.70 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $644.92 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $666.66 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $724.63 ↑ +0%

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Elec stim unattend for press at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $11.05 – $11.05
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $223.42 $9.90 – $10.70
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $11.43 – $13.72
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $11.43 – $13.72
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $11.20 – $13.72
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $14.31 – $14.31
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $11.43 – $13.72
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $11.43 – $13.72

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