Irradiation of blood product each unit reference 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

$245.22

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.

$245.22

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.

$0.43 with Cigna vs $245.22 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 $0.43 ↓ -100%
Cigna LocalKC $0.52 ↓ -100%
Cigna Comm $0.64 ↓ -100%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $31.54 ↓ -87%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $31.88 ↓ -87%
Humana HMO $33.34 ↓ -86%
Humana ASO $33.34 ↓ -86%
Humana POS $33.34 ↓ -86%
Humana PPO $33.34 ↓ -86%
Humana EPO $33.34 ↓ -86%
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -86%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $44.65 ↓ -82%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $45.61 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $46.59 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $46.59 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $46.59 ↓ -81%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $49.04 ↓ -80%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $49.04 ↓ -80%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $53.02 ↓ -78%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $54.41 ↓ -78%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $55.25 ↓ -77%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $58.85 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $61.55 ↓ -75%
Aetna Better Health MCD $73.57 ↓ -70%
Aetna IVLHIX $75.04 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $80.68 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $85.83 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $90.73 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $90.73 ↓ -63%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $93.15 ↓ -62%
BCBS BlueAccess $93.15 ↓ -62%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $93.15 ↓ -62%
BCBS PC $95.64 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $95.64 ↓ -61%
Aetna Local $96.37 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $98.58 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $98.58 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $100.54 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $105.44 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $110.35 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $117.71 ↓ -52%
Aetna National $117.95 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $122.61 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $122.61 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $122.61 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $125.06 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $129.97 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $147.13 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $159.39 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $159.39 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $159.39 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $159.39 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $181.46 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $183.91 ↓ -25%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $183.91 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $196.18 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $196.18 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $196.18 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $218.25 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $225.60 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $245.22 ↑ +0%

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Irradiation of blood product each unit reference at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $0.43 – $93.15
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $75.90 $28.23 – $99.16
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $75.90 $28.23 – $99.16
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $98.45 $32.41 – $51.36
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $75.90 $28.23 – $99.16
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $75.90 $28.23 – $99.16
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $75.90 $28.23 – $99.16
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $114.40 $30.46 – $67.34

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