Kafo sing fre stirr thi/calf 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

$8,012.00

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.

$8,012.00

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.

$1,041.56 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $8,012.00 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
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $1,041.56 ↓ -87%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $1,142.69 ↓ -86%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $1,153.88 ↓ -86%
BCBS MCRHMO $1,153.88 ↓ -86%
BCBS MCRPPO $1,153.88 ↓ -86%
Humana MCRHMO $1,165.54 ↓ -85%
Optum Health MCR $1,165.54 ↓ -85%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $1,165.54 ↓ -85%
Devoted Health MGMCR $1,165.54 ↓ -85%
United CommunityCareNetwork $1,165.54 ↓ -85%
Humana MCRPPO $1,165.54 ↓ -85%
Humana PFFS $1,165.54 ↓ -85%
BCBS TRICARE $1,165.54 ↓ -85%
United MGMCR $1,188.85 ↓ -85%
Wellcare MCR $1,188.85 ↓ -85%
Celtic MCR $1,188.85 ↓ -85%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $1,188.85 ↓ -85%
Pyramid Life MCR $1,247.13 ↓ -84%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $1,602.40 ↓ -80%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $1,762.64 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $1,922.88 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $2,011.01 ↓ -75%
Aetna Better Health MCD $2,403.60 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $2,964.44 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $2,964.44 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $3,124.68 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $3,124.68 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $3,220.82 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $3,220.82 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $3,284.92 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $3,605.40 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $3,845.76 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $4,006.00 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $4,006.00 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $4,006.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $4,086.12 ↓ -49%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $4,807.20 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $5,207.80 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $5,207.80 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $5,207.80 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $5,928.88 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $6,009.00 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $6,409.60 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $6,409.60 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $6,409.60 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $6,409.60 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $7,130.68 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $7,371.04 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $8,012.00 ↑ +0%

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Kafo sing fre stirr thi/calf at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $1,165.54 – $1,247.13
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $816.37 – $1,398.65
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis not published $694.50 – $694.50
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit not published $1,153.88 – $1,247.13
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence not published $1,153.88 – $1,247.13

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