Implant ureth bulk agent 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

$899.00

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.

$899.00

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.

$116.87 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $899.00 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 $116.87 ↓ -87%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $179.80 ↓ -80%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $197.78 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $215.76 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $225.65 ↓ -75%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $263.40 ↓ -71%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $265.98 ↓ -70%
BCBS MCRPPO $265.98 ↓ -70%
BCBS MCRHMO $265.98 ↓ -70%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $268.67 ↓ -70%
Devoted Health MGMCR $268.67 ↓ -70%
Humana PFFS $268.67 ↓ -70%
Humana MCRHMO $268.67 ↓ -70%
Optum Health MCR $268.67 ↓ -70%
BCBS TRICARE $268.67 ↓ -70%
United CommunityCareNetwork $268.67 ↓ -70%
Humana MCRPPO $268.67 ↓ -70%
Aetna Better Health MCD $269.70 ↓ -70%
United MGMCR $274.04 ↓ -70%
Wellcare MCR $274.04 ↓ -70%
Celtic MCR $274.04 ↓ -70%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $274.04 ↓ -70%
Pyramid Life MCR $287.48 ↓ -68%
BCBS Participating $332.63 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $332.63 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $350.61 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $350.61 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $361.40 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $361.40 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $368.59 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $404.55 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $431.52 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $449.50 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $449.50 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $449.50 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $458.49 ↓ -49%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $539.40 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $584.35 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $584.35 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $584.35 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $665.26 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $674.25 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $719.20 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $719.20 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $719.20 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $719.20 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $800.11 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $827.08 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $899.00 ↑ +0%

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Implant ureth bulk agent at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $268.67 – $287.48
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $994.96 not published
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $994.96 not published
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $994.96 not published
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $994.96 not published
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $994.96 not published
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton $994.96 not published
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis $3,256.40 $160.09 – $160.09

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