Ethylene glycol -sendout 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

$245.93

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.

$245.93

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.

$7.56 with Cigna vs $245.93 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
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $7.56 ↓ -97%
Cigna LocalKC $9.11 ↓ -96%
Cigna Comm $11.34 ↓ -95%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $14.08 ↓ -94%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $14.33 ↓ -94%
BCBS TRICARE $14.33 ↓ -94%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $14.75 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCRPPO $14.75 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCRHMO $14.75 ↓ -94%
Optum Health MCR $14.90 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health MGMCR $14.90 ↓ -94%
Humana MCRHMO $14.90 ↓ -94%
Humana MCRPPO $14.90 ↓ -94%
Humana PFFS $14.90 ↓ -94%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $14.90 ↓ -94%
United CommunityCareNetwork $14.90 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.90 ↓ -94%
United KSMGMCD $14.90 ↓ -94%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $15.20 ↓ -94%
Celtic MCR $15.20 ↓ -94%
United MGMCR $15.20 ↓ -94%
Wellcare MCR $15.20 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $15.20 ↓ -94%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $15.35 ↓ -94%
Unicare MGMCD $15.50 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health MCD $15.50 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCD $15.50 ↓ -94%
Pyramid Life MCR $15.94 ↓ -94%
Home State Health Plan MCD $18.03 ↓ -93%
Aetna IVLHIX $20.11 ↓ -92%
Aetna KCCarePlus $21.01 ↓ -91%
United MOMGMCD $21.61 ↓ -91%
Oscar HIX $22.65 ↓ -91%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $26.47 ↓ -89%
Aetna Local $28.16 ↓ -89%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $29.18 ↓ -88%
BCBS BlueAccess $29.18 ↓ -88%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $29.18 ↓ -88%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $31.44 ↓ -87%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $31.97 ↓ -87%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $32.26 ↓ -87%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $32.76 ↓ -87%
Aetna National $34.57 ↓ -86%
Humana PPO $36.45 ↓ -85%
Humana ASO $36.45 ↓ -85%
Humana POS $36.45 ↓ -85%
Humana HMO $36.45 ↓ -85%
Humana EPO $36.45 ↓ -85%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $45.74 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $46.73 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $46.73 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $49.19 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $59.02 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $61.73 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $86.08 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $90.99 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $90.99 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $95.91 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $95.91 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $98.86 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $98.86 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $100.83 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $105.75 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $110.67 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $118.05 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $122.97 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $122.97 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $122.97 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $125.42 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $130.34 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $147.56 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $159.85 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $159.85 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $159.85 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $159.85 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $181.99 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $184.45 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $196.74 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $196.74 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $196.74 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $218.88 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $226.26 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $245.93 ↑ +0%

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Ethylene glycol -sendout at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $123.50 $7.56 – $36.45
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $108.35 $14.90 – $61.46
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $108.35 $14.90 – $61.46
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $206.80 $14.60 – $31.83
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $108.35 $14.90 – $61.46
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $108.35 $14.90 – $61.46
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $108.35 $14.90 – $61.46
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $133.10 $13.41 – $26.82

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