Gi inhouse confirmation 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

$797.99

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.

$797.99

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.

$4.79 with Cigna vs $797.99 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
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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 $4.79 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $5.77 ↓ -99%
Cigna Comm $7.18 ↓ -99%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $8.93 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $9.08 ↓ -99%
BCBS TRICARE $9.08 ↓ -99%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $9.35 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $9.35 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRHMO $9.35 ↓ -99%
Optum Health MCR $9.44 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $9.44 ↓ -99%
Humana MCRHMO $9.44 ↓ -99%
Humana MCRPPO $9.44 ↓ -99%
Humana PFFS $9.44 ↓ -99%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $9.44 ↓ -99%
United CommunityCareNetwork $9.44 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.44 ↓ -99%
United KSMGMCD $9.44 ↓ -99%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $9.63 ↓ -99%
Celtic MCR $9.63 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $9.63 ↓ -99%
Wellcare MCR $9.63 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $9.63 ↓ -99%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $9.72 ↓ -99%
Unicare MGMCD $9.82 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $9.82 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.82 ↓ -99%
Pyramid Life MCR $10.10 ↓ -99%
Home State Health Plan MCD $11.42 ↓ -99%
Aetna IVLHIX $12.74 ↓ -98%
Aetna KCCarePlus $13.31 ↓ -98%
United MOMGMCD $13.69 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $14.35 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $16.61 ↓ -98%
Aetna Local $17.84 ↓ -98%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $19.72 ↓ -98%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $19.86 ↓ -98%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $19.86 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAccess $19.86 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $20.24 ↓ -97%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $20.55 ↓ -97%
Aetna National $21.90 ↓ -97%
Humana PPO $23.09 ↓ -97%
Humana ASO $23.09 ↓ -97%
Humana POS $23.09 ↓ -97%
Humana HMO $23.09 ↓ -97%
Humana EPO $23.09 ↓ -97%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $103.74 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $148.43 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $151.62 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $151.62 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $159.60 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $191.52 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $200.30 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $279.30 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $295.26 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $295.26 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $311.22 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $311.22 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $320.79 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $320.79 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $327.18 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $343.14 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $359.10 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $383.04 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $399.00 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $399.00 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $399.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $406.97 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $422.93 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $478.79 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $518.69 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $518.69 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $518.69 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $518.69 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $590.51 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $598.49 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $638.39 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $638.39 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $638.39 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $710.21 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $734.15 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $797.99 ↑ +0%

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Gi inhouse confirmation at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $126.00 $4.79 – $23.09
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $56.10 $9.44 – $38.94
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $56.10 $9.44 – $38.94
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $66.00 $9.25 – $20.17
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $56.10 $9.44 – $38.94
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $56.10 $9.44 – $38.94
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $56.10 $9.44 – $38.94
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $47.85 $8.50 – $16.99

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