IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis each additional 1 hour 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.

$23.14 with United vs $410.67 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
United KSMGMCD $23.14
HealthyBlue MGMCD $23.60
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $23.83
Amerigroup MGMCD $24.07
Aetna Better Health MCD $24.07
Unicare MGMCD $24.07
Home State Health Plan MCD $28.00
United MOMGMCD $33.55
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $54.96
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $76.38
Oscar HIX $78.03
NHC Advantage MGMCR $80.33
NHC Advantage MGMCD $80.33
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $82.13
Humana ASO $86.65
Humana HMO $86.65
Humana EPO $86.65
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $93.01
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $98.56
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $101.85
United OptionsPPO $103.08
Humana PPO $108.83
Humana POS $108.83
Cigna LocalKC $121.23
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $123.20
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $123.20
BCBS BlueAccess $123.20
Aetna IVLHIX $125.67
Aetna KCCarePlus $135.11
Universal Healthcare MCR $147.97
Cigna Comm $151.54
BCBS Traditional $151.95
BCBS Participating $151.95
BCBS PC $160.16
BCBS FreedomNetwork $160.16
Aetna Local $161.39
Aetna FHMedicalRental $165.09
Coventry WCOMP $165.09
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $168.37
College Park Family Care Center COMM $181.79
United GlobalBenefitPlan $184.80
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $197.12
Aetna National $197.53
Cigna LifeSource COMM $205.34
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $205.34
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $205.34
Aetna NATIONALNAP $209.44
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $217.66
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $246.40
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $266.94
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $266.94
CorVel Corporation MOWC $266.94
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $266.94
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $303.90
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $308.00
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $308.00
CCO, Inc. COMM $328.54
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $328.54
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $328.54
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $338.22
Optum Health COMM $365.50
Optum Transplant COMM $377.82
Optum Health MCD $410.67

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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis each additional 1 hour at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $23.60 – $33.55
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $234.30 $19.32 – $56.28
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $234.30 $19.32 – $56.28
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $138.60 $22.18 – $56.28
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $234.30 $19.32 – $19.32
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $234.30 $19.32 – $56.28
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $234.30 $19.32 – $56.28
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $209.00 $37.02 – $84.42

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