Immunology procedure 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

$168.52

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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$168.52

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.

$11.65 with Cigna vs $168.52 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 $11.65 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalKC $14.04 ↓ -92%
Cigna Comm $17.48 ↓ -90%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $21.91 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $31.34 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $32.02 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $32.02 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $32.02 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $33.70 ↓ -80%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $33.70 ↓ -80%
Humana EPO $35.56 ↓ -79%
Humana ASO $35.56 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $35.56 ↓ -79%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $37.07 ↓ -78%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $37.07 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $40.44 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $42.30 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $44.66 ↓ -73%
Humana POS $44.66 ↓ -73%
Aetna Better Health MCD $50.56 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $50.56 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $50.56 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $50.56 ↓ -70%
Aetna IVLHIX $51.57 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $55.44 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $58.98 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $62.35 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $62.35 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $65.72 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $65.72 ↓ -61%
Aetna Local $66.23 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $67.75 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $67.75 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $69.09 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $72.46 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $75.83 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRPPO $75.83 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRHMO $75.83 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $80.89 ↓ -52%
Aetna National $81.06 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $84.26 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $84.26 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $84.26 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $85.95 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $89.32 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $101.11 ↓ -40%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $109.54 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $109.54 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $109.54 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $109.54 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $124.70 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $126.39 ↓ -25%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $126.39 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $134.82 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $134.82 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $134.82 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $134.82 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $149.98 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $155.04 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $168.52 ↑ +0%

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Immunology procedure at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $11.65 – $11.65
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $81.40 $40.23 – $40.23
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $81.40 $40.23 – $40.23
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $81.40 $40.23 – $40.23
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $81.40 $40.23 – $40.23
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $81.40 $40.23 – $40.23
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton $81.40 $40.23 – $40.23
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis $682.55 $45.98 – $45.98

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