Graft puraplyam antimicrob 1.6-q4196-cost per sq cm 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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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.

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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.

$52.58 with HealthyBlue vs $262.91 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
HealthyBlue MGMCD $52.58
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $57.84
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $57.84
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $63.10
United OptionsPPO $65.99
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $78.87
Aetna Better Health MCD $78.87
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $78.87
BCBS BlueAccess $78.87
BCBS Traditional $97.28
BCBS Participating $97.28
BCBS FreedomNetwork $102.53
BCBS PC $102.53
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $105.46
BCBS TRICARE $105.46
Coventry WCOMP $105.69
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $107.79
BCBS MCRPPO $118.31
BCBS MCRHMO $118.31
United GlobalBenefitPlan $118.31
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $126.20
Cigna LifeSource COMM $131.46
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $131.46
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $131.46
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $157.75
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $170.89
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $170.89
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $170.89
CorVel Corporation MOWC $170.89
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $194.55
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $197.18
United AllPayerAppendix $209.78
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $210.33
CCO, Inc. COMM $210.33
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $210.33
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $210.33
Optum Health COMM $233.99
Optum Transplant COMM $241.88
Optum Health MCD $262.91

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Graft puraplyam antimicrob 1.6-q4196-cost per sq cm at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $105.46 – $105.46
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,560.21 $114.91 – $181.60
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,560.21 $114.91 – $181.60
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,560.21 $114.91 – $181.60
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,560.21 $114.91 – $181.60
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,560.21 $114.91 – $181.60
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $10,524.25 $98.01 – $224.36
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $209.30 $131.08 – $131.08

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