Ghs ot work hardening-additional hours 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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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.

$17.16 with United vs $188.12 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 $17.16
HealthyBlue MGMCD $17.50
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $17.67
Amerigroup MGMCD $17.85
Unicare MGMCD $17.85
Aetna Better Health MCD $17.85
Home State Health Plan MCD $20.76
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $24.46
United MOMGMCD $24.88
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $34.99
NHC Advantage MGMCR $35.74
NHC Advantage MGMCD $35.74
Oscar HIX $35.74
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $37.62
Humana EPO $39.69
Humana ASO $39.69
Humana HMO $39.69
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $41.39
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $41.39
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $45.15
United OptionsPPO $47.22
Humana POS $49.85
Humana PPO $49.85
Aetna IVLHIX $57.56
Aetna KCCarePlus $61.89
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $64.52
Universal Healthcare MCR $65.84
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $68.01
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $68.01
BCBS BlueAccess $68.01
BCBS Participating $69.60
BCBS Traditional $69.60
BCBS PC $73.37
BCBS FreedomNetwork $73.37
Aetna Local $73.93
Aetna FHMedicalRental $75.62
Coventry WCOMP $75.62
CorVel Corporation KSWC $76.62
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $77.13
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $78.63
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $79.84
College Park Family Care Center COMM $80.89
BCBS MCRPPO $84.65
United GlobalBenefitPlan $84.65
BCBS MCRHMO $84.65
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $90.30
Aetna National $90.49
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $94.06
Cigna LifeSource COMM $94.06
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $94.06
Aetna NATIONALNAP $95.94
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $99.70
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $112.87
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $122.28
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $122.28
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $122.28
CorVel Corporation MOWC $122.28
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $139.21
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $141.09
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $141.09
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $150.50
CCO, Inc. COMM $150.50
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $150.50
Optum Health COMM $167.43
Optum Transplant COMM $173.07
Optum Health MCD $188.12

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Ghs ot work hardening-additional hours at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $17.50 – $79.84
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $69.30 $78.34 – $78.34
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $73.45 $17.16 – $25.00
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $72.80 $17.16 – $17.16
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $68.22 – $68.22
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $68.22 – $68.22
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $68.22 – $68.22
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $68.22 – $68.22

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