Injection, cangrelor 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.

$14.40 with Aetna Coventry vs $65.47 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
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $14.40
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $15.71
United OptionsPPO $16.43
United KSMGMCD $20.02
HealthyBlue MGMCD $20.42
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $20.62
Amerigroup MGMCD $20.82
Aetna Better Health MCD $20.82
Unicare MGMCD $20.82
BCBS Participating $24.22
BCBS Traditional $24.22
Home State Health Plan MCD $24.22
BCBS FreedomNetwork $25.53
BCBS PC $25.53
Coventry WCOMP $26.32
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $26.84
United MOMGMCD $29.03
United GlobalBenefitPlan $29.46
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $31.43
Cigna LifeSource COMM $32.73
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $32.73
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $32.73
United AllPayerAppendix $32.90
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $39.28
CorVel Corporation MOWC $42.56
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $42.56
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $42.56
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $42.56
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $48.45
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $49.10
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $49.10
CCO, Inc. COMM $52.38
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $52.38
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $52.38
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $52.38
Optum Health COMM $58.27
Optum Transplant COMM $60.23
Optum Health MCD $65.47
BCBS BlueAccess not published by hospital
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) not published by hospital
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) not published by hospital

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Injection, cangrelor at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $20.42 – $29.03
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $2,048.01 $13.21 – $3,466.75
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $19.47 – $24.33
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $19.47 – $24.33
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $18.82 – $24.33
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $19.47 – $31.05
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $19.47 – $24.33
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $19.47 – $24.33

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