Ghs o2 uptake rest & indirect 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

$2,363.74

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.

$2,363.74

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.

$19.82 with United vs $2,363.74 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 $19.82 ↓ -99%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $20.22 ↓ -99%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $20.41 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $20.61 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $20.61 ↓ -99%
Unicare MGMCD $20.61 ↓ -99%
Home State Health Plan MCD $23.98 ↓ -99%
United MOMGMCD $28.74 ↓ -99%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $307.29 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $439.66 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $449.11 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $449.11 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $449.11 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $472.75 ↓ -80%
Humana ASO $498.75 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $498.75 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $498.75 ↓ -79%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $520.02 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $567.30 ↓ -76%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $586.21 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $593.30 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $626.39 ↓ -74%
Humana POS $626.39 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalKC $697.78 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $709.12 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $709.12 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $709.12 ↓ -70%
Aetna IVLHIX $723.30 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $777.67 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $827.31 ↓ -65%
Cigna Comm $872.22 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $874.58 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $874.58 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $921.86 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $921.86 ↓ -61%
Aetna Local $928.95 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $950.22 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $950.22 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $969.13 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $1,016.41 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,063.68 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $1,134.60 ↓ -52%
Aetna National $1,136.96 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,181.87 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $1,181.87 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,181.87 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $1,205.51 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,252.78 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $1,418.24 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $1,536.43 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $1,536.43 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $1,536.43 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $1,536.43 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $1,749.17 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $1,772.80 ↓ -25%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1,772.80 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,890.99 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $1,890.99 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $1,890.99 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1,890.99 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $2,103.73 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $2,174.64 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $2,363.74 ↑ +0%

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Ghs o2 uptake rest & indirect at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $20.22 – $28.74
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $343.75 $53.11 – $70.91
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis $198.06 $45.18 – $45.18
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $46.25 – $70.91
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $46.25 – $70.91
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $46.25 – $46.25
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $46.25 – $70.91
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $46.25 – $70.91

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