Fluoro polarize fetal lung 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

$1,159.16

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$1,159.16

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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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$3.18 with United vs $1,159.16 with Optum Health — same scan, same building. Share

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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
United KSMGMCD $3.18 ↓ -100%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $3.24 ↓ -100%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $3.28 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health MCD $3.31 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.31 ↓ -100%
Unicare MGMCD $3.31 ↓ -100%
Home State Health Plan MCD $3.85 ↓ -100%
United MOMGMCD $4.61 ↓ -100%
Humana PPO $7.04 ↓ -99%
Humana HMO $7.04 ↓ -99%
Humana POS $7.04 ↓ -99%
Humana EPO $7.04 ↓ -99%
Humana ASO $7.04 ↓ -99%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $9.59 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $11.55 ↓ -99%
Cigna Comm $14.38 ↓ -99%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $17.87 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $18.19 ↓ -98%
BCBS TRICARE $18.19 ↓ -98%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $18.72 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRHMO $18.72 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $18.72 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $18.91 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRHMO $18.91 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRPPO $18.91 ↓ -98%
Humana PFFS $18.91 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $18.91 ↓ -98%
Optum Health MCR $18.91 ↓ -98%
United CommunityCareNetwork $18.91 ↓ -98%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $18.91 ↓ -98%
Celtic MCR $19.29 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $19.29 ↓ -98%
Wellcare MCR $19.29 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $19.29 ↓ -98%
Pyramid Life MCR $20.23 ↓ -98%
Aetna IVLHIX $25.53 ↓ -98%
Aetna KCCarePlus $26.66 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $28.74 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $33.74 ↓ -97%
Aetna Local $35.74 ↓ -97%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $39.86 ↓ -97%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $39.86 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAccess $39.86 ↓ -97%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $40.07 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $41.13 ↓ -96%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $41.76 ↓ -96%
Aetna National $43.87 ↓ -96%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $150.69 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $215.60 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $220.24 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $220.24 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $231.83 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $278.20 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $290.95 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $405.71 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $428.89 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $428.89 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $452.07 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $452.07 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $465.98 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $465.98 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $475.26 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $498.44 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $521.62 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $556.40 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $579.58 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $579.58 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $579.58 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $591.17 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $614.35 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $695.50 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $753.45 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $753.45 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $753.45 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $753.45 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $857.78 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $869.37 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $927.33 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $927.33 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $927.33 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $1,031.65 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $1,066.43 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $1,159.16 ↑ +0%

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Fluoro polarize fetal lung at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $577.50 $3.24 – $41.76
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $1,160.95 $3.18 – $41.76
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Lexington $724.60 $3.18 – $41.76
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $18.91 – $77.99
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $18.91 – $77.99
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $18.53 – $40.40
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $18.91 – $77.99
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $18.91 – $77.99

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