Ivp w/nephrotomography 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.

$101.17 with United vs $11,098.95 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 $101.17
HealthyBlue MGMCD $103.19
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $104.21
Amerigroup MGMCD $105.22
Unicare MGMCD $105.22
Aetna Better Health MCD $105.22
Home State Health Plan MCD $122.42
Aetna IVLHIX $136.85
Aetna KCCarePlus $142.93
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $145.76
United MOMGMCD $146.70
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $158.49
CorVel Corporation KSWC $173.09
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $177.64
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $180.38
Aetna Local $191.59
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $201.85
BCBS BlueAccess $201.85
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $201.85
Humana HMO $202.90
Humana EPO $202.90
Humana ASO $202.90
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $203.82
Aetna National $235.18
Cigna LocalKC $242.96
Humana PPO $261.92
Humana POS $261.92
Cigna Comm $303.29
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $1,442.86
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $2,064.40
NHC Advantage MGMCR $2,108.80
NHC Advantage MGMCD $2,108.80
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $2,219.79
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $2,663.75
United OptionsPPO $2,785.84
Universal Healthcare MCR $3,884.63
BCBS Participating $4,106.61
BCBS Traditional $4,106.61
BCBS FreedomNetwork $4,328.59
BCBS PC $4,328.59
Aetna FHMedicalRental $4,461.78
Coventry WCOMP $4,461.78
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $4,550.57
College Park Family Care Center COMM $4,772.55
United GlobalBenefitPlan $4,994.53
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $5,327.50
Cigna LifeSource COMM $5,549.48
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $5,549.48
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $5,549.48
Aetna NATIONALNAP $5,660.46
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $5,882.44
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $6,659.37
CorVel Corporation MOWC $7,214.32
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $7,214.32
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $7,214.32
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $7,214.32
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $8,213.22
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $8,324.21
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $8,324.21
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $8,879.16
CCO, Inc. COMM $8,879.16
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $8,879.16
Optum Health COMM $9,878.07
Optum Transplant COMM $10,211.03
Optum Health MCD $11,098.95

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Ivp w/nephrotomography at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $103.19 – $203.82
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $878.15 $64.00 – $233.71
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $697.45 $101.17 – $457.71
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $1,194.05 $115.95 – $688.10
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $989.95 $64.00 – $912.30
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Lexington $2,295.15 $101.17 – $180.38
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $112.20 – $341.57
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $112.20 – $341.57

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