Mastoids complete 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

$3,060.80

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.

$3,060.80

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.

$48.12 with Multiplan vs $3,060.80 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
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $48.12 ↓ -98%
Aetna IVLHIX $50.69 ↓ -98%
Aetna KCCarePlus $52.95 ↓ -98%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $57.14 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $58.65 ↓ -98%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $59.55 ↓ -98%
United KSMGMCD $59.96 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $61.16 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $61.76 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $62.36 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $62.36 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $62.36 ↓ -98%
Aetna Local $70.97 ↓ -98%
Humana EPO $71.82 ↓ -98%
Humana ASO $71.82 ↓ -98%
Humana HMO $71.82 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAccess $72.12 ↓ -98%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $72.12 ↓ -98%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $72.12 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $72.55 ↓ -98%
United MOMGMCD $86.94 ↓ -97%
Aetna National $87.12 ↓ -97%
Humana PPO $92.71 ↓ -97%
Humana POS $92.71 ↓ -97%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $96.60 ↓ -97%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $121.96 ↓ -96%
Cigna LocalKC $145.38 ↓ -95%
Cigna Comm $181.48 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -92%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $397.90 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $569.31 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $581.55 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $581.55 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $612.16 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $734.59 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $768.26 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,071.28 ↓ -65%
BCBS Participating $1,132.50 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $1,132.50 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $1,193.71 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,193.71 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $1,230.44 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $1,230.44 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,254.93 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $1,316.14 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,377.36 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $1,469.18 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,530.40 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $1,530.40 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,530.40 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $1,561.01 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,622.22 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $1,836.48 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $1,989.52 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $1,989.52 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $1,989.52 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $1,989.52 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $2,264.99 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $2,295.60 ↓ -25%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $2,295.60 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $2,448.64 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $2,448.64 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,448.64 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $2,724.11 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $2,815.94 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $3,060.80 ↑ +0%

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Mastoids complete at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $48.12 – $121.96
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $374.00 $37.29 – $125.66
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $374.00 $37.29 – $125.66
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $336.60 $42.82 – $138.39
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $374.00 $37.29 – $217.94
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $374.00 $37.29 – $125.66
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $374.00 $37.29 – $125.66
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $239.85 $99.17 – $139.62

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