Intracard echo interv w/s&i 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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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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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.

$1,279.00 with United vs $30,000.00 with WPPA ProviDrs Care Network — 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

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 AllPayerAppendix $1,279.00
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $1,399.50
Oscar HIX $2,045.42
HealthyBlue MGMCD $2,153.07
Humana EPO $2,271.49
Humana HMO $2,271.49
Humana ASO $2,271.49
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $2,368.38
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $2,368.38
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $2,583.69
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $2,669.81
United OptionsPPO $2,702.11
Humana PPO $2,852.82
Humana POS $2,852.82
Cigna LocalKC $3,177.93
Aetna Better Health MCD $3,229.61
Aetna IVLHIX $3,294.20
Aetna KCCarePlus $3,541.80
Cigna Comm $3,972.42
BCBS Traditional $3,983.18
BCBS Participating $3,983.18
BCBS FreedomNetwork $4,198.49
BCBS PC $4,198.49
Aetna Local $4,230.79
Aetna FHMedicalRental $4,327.67
Coventry WCOMP $4,327.67
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $4,413.80
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $4,514.52
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $4,514.52
BCBS BlueAccess $4,514.52
College Park Family Care Center COMM $4,629.10
United GlobalBenefitPlan $4,844.41
BCBS MCRHMO $4,844.41
BCBS MCRPPO $4,844.41
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $5,167.37
Aetna National $5,178.14
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $5,382.68
Cigna LifeSource COMM $5,382.68
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $5,382.68
Aetna NATIONALNAP $5,490.33
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $5,705.64
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $6,459.22
CorVel Corporation MOWC $6,997.48
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $6,997.48
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $6,997.48
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $6,997.48
NHC Advantage MGMCD $7,950.00
NHC Advantage MGMCR $7,950.00
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $7,966.37
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $8,074.02
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $8,074.02
Universal Healthcare MCR $8,300.00
CCO, Inc. COMM $8,612.29
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $8,612.29
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $8,612.29
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $8,612.29
Optum Health COMM $9,581.17
Optum Transplant COMM $9,904.13
Optum Health MCD $10,765.36
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $16,143.00
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $30,000.00

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Intracard echo interv w/s&i at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $4,514.52 – $4,514.52
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $4,492.40 $230.32 – $541.00
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $4,492.40 $230.32 – $541.00
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $7,513.00 $264.46 – $8,484.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $4,492.40 $230.32 – $541.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $4,492.40 $230.32 – $541.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $4,492.40 $230.32 – $541.00
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $6,636.50 $152.26 – $3,827.39

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