Established Patient Office Visit (level 2) 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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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.

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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.

$59.42 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $457.11 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
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $59.42
Humana ASO $59.43
Humana HMO $59.43
Humana EPO $59.43
Humana PPO $73.82
Humana POS $73.82
NHC Advantage MGMCR $86.85
NHC Advantage MGMCD $86.85
HealthyBlue MGMCD $91.42
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $100.56
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $100.56
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $109.71
United OptionsPPO $114.73
Aetna Better Health MCD $137.13
Universal Healthcare MCR $159.99
Coventry WCOMP $183.76
Aetna FHMedicalRental $183.76
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $187.42
College Park Family Care Center COMM $196.56
BCBS MCRPPO $205.70
United GlobalBenefitPlan $205.70
BCBS MCRHMO $205.70
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $219.41
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $228.56
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $228.56
Cigna LifeSource COMM $228.56
Aetna NATIONALNAP $233.13
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $242.27
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $274.27
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $297.12
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $297.12
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $297.12
CorVel Corporation MOWC $297.12
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $338.26
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $342.83
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $342.83
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $365.69
CCO, Inc. COMM $365.69
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $365.69
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $365.69
Optum Health COMM $406.83
Optum Transplant COMM $420.54
Optum Health MCD $457.11

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Established Patient Office Visit (level 2) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $59.43 – $59.43
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $91.30 $1,216.00 – $1,216.00
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $91.30 $1,216.00 – $1,216.00
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $195.25 $30.67 – $1,632.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $91.30 $1,216.00 – $1,216.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $91.30 $1,216.00 – $1,216.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $91.30 $1,216.00 – $1,216.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $115.93 not published

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