Hip X-ray 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.

$39.33 with Multiplan vs $2,648.80 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
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $39.33
CorVel Corporation KSWC $46.70
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $47.93
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $48.67
United KSMGMCD $48.74
Aetna IVLHIX $49.14
HealthyBlue MGMCD $49.71
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $50.20
Unicare MGMCD $50.69
Amerigroup MGMCD $50.69
Aetna Better Health MCD $50.69
Aetna KCCarePlus $51.33
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $52.14
BCBS BlueAccess $52.14
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $52.14
Home State Health Plan MCD $58.98
Aetna Local $68.80
United MOMGMCD $70.67
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $71.77
Aetna National $84.45
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $100.81
Cigna LocalKC $120.17
Cigna Comm $150.01
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $344.34
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $492.68
NHC Advantage MGMCD $503.27
NHC Advantage MGMCR $503.27
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $529.76
Humana HMO $558.90
Humana ASO $558.90
Humana EPO $558.90
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $635.71
United OptionsPPO $664.85
Humana POS $701.93
Humana PPO $701.93
Universal Healthcare MCR $927.08
BCBS Participating $980.06
BCBS Traditional $980.06
BCBS PC $1,033.03
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,033.03
Aetna FHMedicalRental $1,064.82
Coventry WCOMP $1,064.82
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,086.01
College Park Family Care Center COMM $1,138.98
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,191.96
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $1,271.42
Cigna LifeSource COMM $1,324.40
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,324.40
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,324.40
Aetna NATIONALNAP $1,350.89
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,403.86
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $1,589.28
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $1,721.72
CorVel Corporation MOWC $1,721.72
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $1,721.72
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $1,721.72
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $1,960.11
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1,986.60
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $1,986.60
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,119.04
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $2,119.04
CCO, Inc. COMM $2,119.04
Optum Health COMM $2,357.43
Optum Transplant COMM $2,436.90
Optum Health MCD $2,648.80

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Hip X-ray at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $39.33 – $100.81
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $173.25 $30.02 – $104.60
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $173.25 $30.02 – $104.60
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $288.20 $34.47 – $104.60
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $173.25 $30.02 – $161.80
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $173.25 $30.02 – $104.60
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $173.25 $30.02 – $104.60
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $308.88 $48.49 – $156.90

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