Gamunex-c/gammaked 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.

$48.35 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $233.76 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $48.35
BCBS TRICARE $48.35
United KSMGMCD $49.08
HealthyBlue MGMCD $50.06
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $50.55
Amerigroup MGMCD $51.04
Unicare MGMCD $51.04
Aetna Better Health MCD $51.04
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $51.43
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $56.10
Home State Health Plan MCD $58.50
United OptionsPPO $58.67
United MOMGMCD $70.11
United AllPayerAppendix $80.98
BCBS Participating $86.49
BCBS Traditional $86.49
BCBS FreedomNetwork $91.17
BCBS PC $91.17
Coventry WCOMP $93.97
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $95.84
United GlobalBenefitPlan $105.19
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $112.20
Cigna LifeSource COMM $116.88
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $116.88
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $116.88
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $140.26
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $151.94
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $151.94
CorVel Corporation MOWC $151.94
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $151.94
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $172.98
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $175.32
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $187.01
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $187.01
CCO, Inc. COMM $187.01
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $187.01
Optum Health COMM $208.05
Optum Transplant COMM $215.06
Optum Health MCD $233.76
BCBS BlueAccess not published by hospital
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) not published by hospital
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) not published by hospital

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Gamunex-c/gammaked at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $4,050.00 $48.35 – $70.11
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $5,994.72 $50.60 – $245.40
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $14,937.00 $657.20 – $657.20
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $13,941.20 $50.60 – $140.24
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $11,949.60 $32.82 – $336.21
Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter $11,949.60 $48.78 – $1,681.05
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $11,989.43 $48.14 – $532.43
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $49.01 – $87.13

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