Established Patient Office Visit (level 3) 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.

$76.10 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $585.36 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 $76.10
Humana ASO $110.90
Humana EPO $110.90
Humana HMO $110.90
NHC Advantage MGMCD $111.22
NHC Advantage MGMCR $111.22
HealthyBlue MGMCD $117.07
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $128.78
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $128.78
Humana POS $137.75
Humana PPO $137.75
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $140.49
United OptionsPPO $146.93
Aetna Better Health MCD $175.61
Universal Healthcare MCR $204.88
Aetna FHMedicalRental $235.31
Coventry WCOMP $235.31
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $240.00
College Park Family Care Center COMM $251.70
BCBS MCRPPO $263.41
United GlobalBenefitPlan $263.41
BCBS MCRHMO $263.41
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $280.97
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $292.68
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $292.68
Cigna LifeSource COMM $292.68
Aetna NATIONALNAP $298.53
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $310.24
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $351.22
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $380.48
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $380.48
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $380.48
CorVel Corporation MOWC $380.48
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $433.17
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $439.02
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $439.02
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $468.29
CCO, Inc. COMM $468.29
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $468.29
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $468.29
Optum Health COMM $520.97
Optum Transplant COMM $538.53
Optum Health MCD $585.36

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Established Patient Office Visit (level 3) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $110.90 – $110.90
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $115.50 $1,865.00 – $1,865.00
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $115.50 $1,865.00 – $1,865.00
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $210.10 $60.90 – $2,496.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $115.50 $1,865.00 – $1,865.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $115.50 $1,865.00 – $1,865.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $115.50 $1,865.00 – $1,865.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $131.45 not published

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