Heart image spect 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

$10,777.68

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.

$10,777.68

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.

$218.05 with United vs $10,777.68 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 $218.05 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $222.41 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $224.59 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $226.77 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $226.77 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $226.77 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $228.58 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $263.84 ↓ -98%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $271.44 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $278.59 ↓ -97%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $282.87 ↓ -97%
United MOMGMCD $316.17 ↓ -97%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $334.48 ↓ -97%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $335.48 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAccess $335.48 ↓ -97%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $335.48 ↓ -97%
Humana HMO $375.34 ↓ -97%
Humana EPO $375.34 ↓ -97%
Humana ASO $375.34 ↓ -97%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $457.55 ↓ -96%
Humana POS $484.52 ↓ -96%
Humana PPO $484.52 ↓ -96%
Cigna LocalKC $545.40 ↓ -95%
Cigna Comm $680.83 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -92%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $1,401.10 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $2,004.65 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $2,047.76 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $2,047.76 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $2,155.54 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $2,586.64 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $2,705.20 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $3,772.19 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $3,987.74 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $3,987.74 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $4,203.30 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $4,203.30 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $4,332.63 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $4,332.63 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $4,418.85 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $4,634.40 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $4,849.96 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $5,173.29 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $5,388.84 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $5,388.84 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $5,388.84 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $5,496.62 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $5,712.17 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $6,466.61 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $7,005.49 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $7,005.49 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $7,005.49 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $7,005.49 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $7,975.48 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $8,083.26 ↓ -25%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $8,083.26 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $8,622.14 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $8,622.14 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $8,622.14 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $9,592.14 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $9,915.47 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $10,777.68 ↑ +0%
Aetna IVLHIX not published by hospital
Aetna Local not published by hospital
Aetna National not published by hospital
Aetna KCCarePlus not published by hospital

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