Ep & ablate ventric tachy 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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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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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.

$6,477.00 with Aetna vs $109,304.26 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

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
Aetna IVLHIX $6,477.00
United KSMGMCD $7,534.51
HealthyBlue MGMCD $7,685.20
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $7,760.55
Unicare MGMCD $7,835.89
Aetna Better Health MCD $7,835.89
Amerigroup MGMCD $7,835.89
NHC Advantage MGMCR $7,950.00
NHC Advantage MGMCD $7,950.00
Universal Healthcare MCR $8,300.00
Home State Health Plan MCD $9,116.76
United MOMGMCD $10,925.04
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $14,209.55
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $16,143.00
Aetna KCCarePlus $21,260.00
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $22,968.00
Humana EPO $23,063.20
Humana ASO $23,063.20
Humana HMO $23,063.20
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $24,046.94
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $26,233.02
Cigna LocalKC $27,391.00
United OptionsPPO $27,435.37
Humana PPO $28,965.63
Humana POS $28,965.63
Aetna Local $29,431.00
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $30,000.00
Cigna Comm $34,239.00
Aetna National $35,025.00
United AllPayerAppendix $40,202.00
BCBS Participating $40,442.58
BCBS Traditional $40,442.58
BCBS PC $42,628.66
BCBS FreedomNetwork $42,628.66
Coventry WCOMP $43,940.31
Aetna FHMedicalRental $43,940.31
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $44,814.75
United GlobalBenefitPlan $49,186.92
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $52,466.04
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $54,652.13
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $54,652.13
Cigna LifeSource COMM $54,652.13
Aetna NATIONALNAP $55,745.17
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $57,931.26
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $65,582.56
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $71,047.77
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $71,047.77
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $71,047.77
CorVel Corporation MOWC $71,047.77
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $80,885.15
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $81,978.20
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $81,978.20
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $87,443.41
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $87,443.41
CCO, Inc. COMM $87,443.41
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $87,443.41
Optum Health COMM $97,280.79
Optum Transplant COMM $100,559.92
Optum Health MCD $109,304.26

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Ep & ablate ventric tachy at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $7,685.20 – $10,925.04
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $14,079.45 $1,217.66 – $31,416.07
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $14,079.45 $1,217.66 – $31,416.07
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $23,100.00 $1,398.16 – $31,416.07
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $14,079.45 $1,217.66 – $14,460.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $14,079.45 $1,217.66 – $31,416.07
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $14,079.45 $1,217.66 – $31,416.07
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $23,442.25 $17,278.84 – $167,967.97

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