Halo cervical into jckt vest 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

$17,918.00

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.

$17,918.00

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.

$2,329.34 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $17,918.00 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
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $2,329.34 ↓ -87%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $3,100.45 ↓ -83%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $3,130.84 ↓ -83%
BCBS MCRHMO $3,130.84 ↓ -83%
BCBS MCRPPO $3,130.84 ↓ -83%
Humana MCRHMO $3,162.46 ↓ -82%
Optum Health MCR $3,162.46 ↓ -82%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $3,162.46 ↓ -82%
Devoted Health MGMCR $3,162.46 ↓ -82%
United CommunityCareNetwork $3,162.46 ↓ -82%
Humana MCRPPO $3,162.46 ↓ -82%
Humana PFFS $3,162.46 ↓ -82%
BCBS TRICARE $3,162.46 ↓ -82%
United MGMCR $3,225.71 ↓ -82%
Wellcare MCR $3,225.71 ↓ -82%
Celtic MCR $3,225.71 ↓ -82%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $3,225.71 ↓ -82%
Pyramid Life MCR $3,383.83 ↓ -81%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $3,583.60 ↓ -80%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $3,941.96 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $4,300.32 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $4,497.42 ↓ -75%
Aetna Better Health MCD $5,375.40 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $6,629.66 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $6,629.66 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $6,988.02 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $6,988.02 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $7,203.04 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $7,203.04 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $7,346.38 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $8,063.10 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $8,600.64 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $8,959.00 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $8,959.00 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $8,959.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $9,138.18 ↓ -49%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $10,750.80 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $11,646.70 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $11,646.70 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $11,646.70 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $13,259.32 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $13,438.50 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $14,334.40 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $14,334.40 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $14,334.40 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $14,334.40 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $15,947.02 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $16,484.56 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $17,918.00 ↑ +0%

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Halo cervical into jckt vest at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $3,162.46 – $3,383.83
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $8,539.42 $2,215.07 – $3,794.95
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $4,572.75 $3,197.25 – $3,260.50
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $10,587.00 $3,130.84 – $3,383.83
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis not published $1,884.41 – $1,884.41
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit not published $3,130.84 – $3,383.83

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