Fluoroguide needle placement 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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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.

$35.92 with United vs $7,631.85 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

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 $35.92
HealthyBlue MGMCD $36.64
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $37.00
Aetna Better Health MCD $37.36
Unicare MGMCD $37.36
Amerigroup MGMCD $37.36
Home State Health Plan MCD $43.46
United MOMGMCD $52.08
Aetna IVLHIX $80.44
Aetna KCCarePlus $84.01
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $86.53
Humana ASO $87.13
Humana HMO $87.13
Humana EPO $87.13
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $88.63
BCBS BlueAccess $88.63
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $88.63
CorVel Corporation KSWC $102.75
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $105.46
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $107.08
Humana PPO $112.47
Humana POS $112.47
Aetna Local $112.61
Aetna National $138.23
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $992.14
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $1,419.52
NHC Advantage MGMCR $1,450.05
NHC Advantage MGMCD $1,450.05
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $1,526.37
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $1,679.01
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $1,679.01
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $1,831.64
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $1,892.70
United OptionsPPO $1,915.59
Cigna LocalKC $2,252.92
Universal Healthcare MCR $2,671.15
Cigna Comm $2,816.15
BCBS Participating $2,823.78
BCBS Traditional $2,823.78
BCBS PC $2,976.42
BCBS FreedomNetwork $2,976.42
Coventry WCOMP $3,068.00
Aetna FHMedicalRental $3,068.00
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $3,129.06
College Park Family Care Center COMM $3,281.70
United GlobalBenefitPlan $3,434.33
BCBS MCRPPO $3,434.33
BCBS MCRHMO $3,434.33
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $3,663.29
Cigna LifeSource COMM $3,815.93
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $3,815.93
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $3,815.93
Aetna NATIONALNAP $3,892.24
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $4,044.88
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $4,579.11
CorVel Corporation MOWC $4,960.70
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $4,960.70
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $4,960.70
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $4,960.70
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $5,647.57
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $5,723.89
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $5,723.89
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $6,105.48
CCO, Inc. COMM $6,105.48
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $6,105.48
Optum Health COMM $6,792.35
Optum Transplant COMM $7,021.30
Optum Health MCD $7,631.85

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Fluoroguide needle placement at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $36.64 – $107.08
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $485.65 $64.53 – $202.81
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $485.65 $64.53 – $202.81
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $943.25 $74.09 – $162.77
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $485.65 $64.53 – $202.81
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $485.65 $64.53 – $202.81
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $485.65 $64.53 – $202.81
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $484.44 $85.31 – $85.31

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