Ghs analysis neurostim without reprogramming 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

$1,345.33

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.

$1,345.33

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.

$63.40 with United vs $1,345.33 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
United KSMGMCD $63.40 ↓ -95%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $64.67 ↓ -95%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $65.30 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MCD $65.94 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $65.94 ↓ -95%
Unicare MGMCD $65.94 ↓ -95%
Home State Health Plan MCD $76.71 ↓ -94%
United MOMGMCD $91.93 ↓ -93%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $174.89 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $250.23 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $255.61 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $255.61 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $255.61 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $269.07 ↓ -80%
Humana ASO $283.86 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $283.86 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $283.86 ↓ -79%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $295.97 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $322.88 ↓ -76%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $333.64 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $337.68 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $356.51 ↓ -74%
Humana POS $356.51 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalKC $397.14 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $403.60 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $403.60 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $403.60 ↓ -70%
Aetna IVLHIX $411.67 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $442.61 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $470.87 ↓ -65%
Cigna Comm $496.43 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $497.77 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $497.77 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $524.68 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $524.68 ↓ -61%
Aetna Local $528.71 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $540.82 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $540.82 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $551.59 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $578.49 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $605.40 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $645.76 ↓ -52%
Aetna National $647.10 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $672.66 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $672.66 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $672.66 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $686.12 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $713.02 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $807.20 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $874.46 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $874.46 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $874.46 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $874.46 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $995.54 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1,009.00 ↓ -25%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $1,009.00 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $1,076.26 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1,076.26 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $1,076.26 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,076.26 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $1,197.34 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $1,237.70 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $1,345.33 ↑ +0%

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Ghs analysis neurostim without reprogramming at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $64.67 – $91.93
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $880.55 $25.23 – $159.92
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $880.55 $25.23 – $159.92
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $100.10 $28.97 – $159.92
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $880.55 $25.23 – $25.23
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $880.55 $25.23 – $159.92
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $880.55 $25.23 – $159.92
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $115.05 $82.86 – $169.23

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