Ghs hepatitis c virus (hcv riba) 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

$695.40

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.

$695.40

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.

$7.85 with Cigna vs $695.40 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
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $7.85 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $9.47 ↓ -99%
Cigna Comm $11.78 ↓ -98%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $14.64 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $14.90 ↓ -98%
BCBS TRICARE $14.90 ↓ -98%
United KSMGMCD $15.20 ↓ -98%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $15.34 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRHMO $15.34 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $15.34 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRHMO $15.49 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRPPO $15.49 ↓ -98%
Humana PFFS $15.49 ↓ -98%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $15.49 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $15.49 ↓ -98%
United CommunityCareNetwork $15.49 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $15.49 ↓ -98%
Optum Health MCR $15.49 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $15.50 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $15.66 ↓ -98%
Wellcare MCR $15.80 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $15.80 ↓ -98%
Celtic MCR $15.80 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $15.80 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $15.81 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $15.81 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $15.81 ↓ -98%
Pyramid Life MCR $16.57 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $18.39 ↓ -97%
Aetna IVLHIX $20.91 ↓ -97%
Aetna KCCarePlus $21.84 ↓ -97%
United MOMGMCD $22.04 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $23.54 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $27.51 ↓ -96%
Aetna Local $29.28 ↓ -96%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $32.64 ↓ -95%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $32.64 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueAccess $32.64 ↓ -95%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $32.67 ↓ -95%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $33.53 ↓ -95%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $34.05 ↓ -95%
Aetna National $35.94 ↓ -95%
Humana PPO $37.91 ↓ -95%
Humana ASO $37.91 ↓ -95%
Humana POS $37.91 ↓ -95%
Humana HMO $37.91 ↓ -95%
Humana EPO $37.91 ↓ -95%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $90.40 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $129.34 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $132.13 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $132.13 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $139.08 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $166.90 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $174.55 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $243.39 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $257.30 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $257.30 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $271.21 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $271.21 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $279.55 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $279.55 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $285.11 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $299.02 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $312.93 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $333.79 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $347.70 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $347.70 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $347.70 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $354.65 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $368.56 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $417.24 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $452.01 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $452.01 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $452.01 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $452.01 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $514.60 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $521.55 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $556.32 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $556.32 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $556.32 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $618.91 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $639.77 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $695.40 ↑ +0%

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Ghs hepatitis c virus (hcv riba) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $346.75 $7.85 – $37.91
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $222.75 $15.49 – $63.89
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $222.75 $15.49 – $63.89
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $249.70 $15.18 – $33.09
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $222.75 $15.49 – $63.89
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $222.75 $15.49 – $63.89
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $222.75 $15.49 – $63.89
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton $222.75 $15.49 – $63.89

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