Leg CT Scan (with contrast, both legs) at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER

2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 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 $9,308.10 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 —
Unicare MGMCD $105.22 —
Aetna Better Health MCD $105.22 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $105.22 —
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $158.49 —
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $216.87 —
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $218.86 —
Cigna LocalKC $251.11 —
CorVel Corporation KSWC $259.90 —
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $266.74 —
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $270.84 —
Cigna Comm $314.71 —
BCBS BlueAccess $400.00 —
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $400.00 —
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $400.00 —
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 —
Aetna IVLHIX $474.00 —
Aetna KCCarePlus $500.00 —
Aetna Local $667.00 —
Aetna National $811.00 —
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $1,210.05 —
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $1,731.31 —
NHC Advantage MGMCR $1,768.54 —
NHC Advantage MGMCD $1,768.54 —
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $1,768.54 —
Humana EPO $2,103.63 —
Humana ASO $2,103.63 —
Humana HMO $2,103.63 —
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $2,233.94 —
United OptionsPPO $2,271.18 —
Humana POS $2,652.81 —
Humana PPO $2,652.81 —
Universal Healthcare MCR $3,257.84 —
BCBS Participating $3,444.00 —
BCBS Traditional $3,444.00 —
BCBS PC $3,630.16 —
BCBS FreedomNetwork $3,630.16 —
Coventry WCOMP $3,741.86 —
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $3,816.32 —
College Park Family Care Center COMM $4,002.48 —
United GlobalBenefitPlan $4,188.65 —
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $4,467.89 —
Cigna LifeSource COMM $4,654.05 —
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $4,654.05 —
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $4,654.05 —
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $4,933.29 —
CorVel Corporation MOWC $6,050.27 —
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $6,887.99 —
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $6,981.07 —
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $6,981.07 —
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $7,446.48 —
CCO, Inc. COMM $7,446.48 —
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $7,446.48 —
Optum Health COMM $8,284.21 —
Optum Transplant COMM $8,563.45 —
Optum Health MCD $9,308.10 —

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Leg CT Scan (with contrast, both legs) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $103.19 – $400.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,018.60 $167.38 – $656.59
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,018.60 $167.38 – $656.59
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,430.00 $172.17 – $819.92
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,018.60 $167.38 – $656.59
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,018.60 $167.38 – $656.59
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,018.60 $167.38 – $656.59
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $998.58 $174.72 – $316.23

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