Magnesium 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.

$3.40 with Cigna vs $55.20 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 $3.40
Cigna LocalKC $4.10
Cigna Comm $5.10
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $6.33
BCBS TRICARE $6.44
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $6.44
BCBS MCRHMO $6.63
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $6.63
BCBS MCRPPO $6.63
Humana PFFS $6.70
Optum Health MCR $6.70
Optum Transplants OONMCR $6.70
United AllPayerAppendix $6.70
Devoted Health MGMCR $6.70
United KSMGMCD $6.70
United CommunityCareNetwork $6.70
Humana MCRPPO $6.70
Humana MCRHMO $6.70
HealthyBlue MGMCD $6.83
Wellcare MCR $6.83
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $6.83
United MGMCR $6.83
Celtic MCR $6.83
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $6.90
Unicare MGMCD $6.97
Aetna Better Health MCD $6.97
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.97
Pyramid Life MCR $7.17
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $7.18
Home State Health Plan MCD $8.11
Aetna IVLHIX $9.04
Aetna KCCarePlus $9.44
United MOMGMCD $9.71
Oscar HIX $10.18
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $10.27
NHC Advantage MGMCR $10.49
NHC Advantage MGMCD $10.49
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $11.04
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $11.94
Aetna Local $12.66
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $13.25
United OptionsPPO $13.86
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $14.11
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $14.11
BCBS BlueAccess $14.11
CorVel Corporation KSWC $14.17
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $14.55
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $14.77
Aetna National $15.54
Humana HMO $16.40
Humana POS $16.40
Humana EPO $16.40
Humana ASO $16.40
Humana PPO $16.40
Universal Healthcare MCR $19.32
BCBS Participating $20.42
BCBS Traditional $20.42
BCBS FreedomNetwork $21.53
BCBS PC $21.53
Aetna FHMedicalRental $22.19
Coventry WCOMP $22.19
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $22.63
College Park Family Care Center COMM $23.74
United GlobalBenefitPlan $24.84
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $26.50
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $27.60
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $27.60
Cigna LifeSource COMM $27.60
Aetna NATIONALNAP $28.15
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $29.26
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $33.12
CorVel Corporation MOWC $35.88
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $35.88
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $35.88
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $35.88
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $40.85
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $41.40
CCO, Inc. COMM $44.16
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $44.16
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $44.16
Optum Health COMM $49.13
Optum Transplant COMM $50.78
Optum Health MCD $55.20

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Magnesium at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $3.40 – $16.40
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $51.70 $6.70 – $27.62
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $51.70 $6.70 – $27.62
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $66.00 $6.57 – $14.31
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $51.70 $6.70 – $27.62
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $51.70 $6.70 – $27.62
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $51.70 $6.70 – $27.62
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $73.15 $6.03 – $12.06

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