Ghs moderate sedation < 5 yr, 30 min 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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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.

$35.86 with United vs $714.99 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

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 $35.86
HealthyBlue MGMCD $36.58
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $36.94
Aetna Better Health MCD $37.29
Amerigroup MGMCD $37.29
Unicare MGMCD $37.29
Home State Health Plan MCD $43.39
United MOMGMCD $52.00
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $92.95
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $132.99
NHC Advantage MGMCR $135.85
Oscar HIX $135.85
NHC Advantage MGMCD $135.85
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $143.00
Humana HMO $150.86
Humana EPO $150.86
Humana ASO $150.86
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $157.30
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $157.30
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $171.60
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $177.32
United OptionsPPO $179.46
Humana PPO $189.47
Humana POS $189.47
Cigna LocalKC $211.07
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $214.50
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $214.50
BCBS BlueAccess $214.50
Aetna IVLHIX $218.79
Aetna KCCarePlus $235.23
Universal Healthcare MCR $250.25
Cigna Comm $263.83
BCBS Traditional $264.55
BCBS Participating $264.55
BCBS PC $278.85
BCBS FreedomNetwork $278.85
Aetna Local $280.99
Coventry WCOMP $287.43
Aetna FHMedicalRental $287.43
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $293.15
College Park Family Care Center COMM $307.45
BCBS MCRPPO $321.75
United GlobalBenefitPlan $321.75
BCBS MCRHMO $321.75
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $343.20
Aetna National $343.91
Cigna LifeSource COMM $357.50
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $357.50
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $357.50
Aetna NATIONALNAP $364.64
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $378.94
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $428.99
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $464.74
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $464.74
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $464.74
CorVel Corporation MOWC $464.74
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $529.09
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $536.24
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $536.24
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $571.99
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $571.99
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $571.99
CCO, Inc. COMM $571.99
Optum Health COMM $636.34
Optum Transplant COMM $657.79
Optum Health MCD $714.99

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Ghs moderate sedation < 5 yr, 30 min at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $36.58 – $52.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $152.90 $24.99 – $24.99
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $152.90 $24.99 – $24.99
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $152.35 $28.69 – $28.69
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $152.90 $24.99 – $24.99
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $152.90 $24.99 – $24.99
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $152.90 $24.99 – $24.99
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $249.48 $44.37 – $44.37

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