Fetal non stress test 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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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.

$9.73 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $2,550.00 with NHC Advantage — 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $9.73
BCBS TRICARE $9.73
United KSMGMCD $64.55
HealthyBlue MGMCD $65.84
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $66.49
Amerigroup MGMCD $67.13
Unicare MGMCD $67.13
Aetna Better Health MCD $67.13
Home State Health Plan MCD $78.11
United MOMGMCD $93.60
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $189.31
Oscar HIX $193.38
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $203.55
Humana HMO $214.75
Humana ASO $214.75
Humana EPO $214.75
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $223.91
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $244.26
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $252.41
United OptionsPPO $255.46
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $257.10
Humana POS $269.71
Humana PPO $269.71
Cigna LocalKC $300.45
CorVel Corporation KSWC $305.31
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $305.33
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $305.33
BCBS BlueAccess $305.33
Aetna IVLHIX $311.44
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $313.35
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $318.17
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $324.42
Aetna KCCarePlus $334.85
Cigna Comm $375.56
BCBS Participating $376.57
BCBS Traditional $376.57
BCBS PC $396.93
BCBS FreedomNetwork $396.93
Aetna Local $399.98
Coventry WCOMP $409.14
Aetna FHMedicalRental $409.14
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $417.29
United GlobalBenefitPlan $458.00
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $488.53
Aetna National $489.55
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $508.88
Cigna LifeSource COMM $508.88
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $508.88
Aetna NATIONALNAP $519.06
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $610.66
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $661.55
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $661.55
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $661.55
CorVel Corporation MOWC $661.55
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $753.15
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $763.33
CCO, Inc. COMM $814.22
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $814.22
Universal Healthcare MCR $873.42
Optum Health COMM $905.82
Optum Transplant COMM $936.35
Optum Health MCD $1,017.77
College Park Family Care Center COMM $1,073.07
United AllPayerAppendix $1,279.00
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,996.40
NHC Advantage MGMCR $2,550.00
NHC Advantage MGMCD $2,550.00
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork not published by hospital

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Fetal non stress test at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $9.73 – $318.17
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $677.05 $18.66 – $3,071.00
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $677.05 $18.66 – $3,071.00
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $515.35 $21.43 – $3,085.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $677.05 $18.66 – $3,071.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $677.05 $18.66 – $3,071.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $677.05 $18.66 – $3,071.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $364.32 $201.38 – $2,277.00

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