Mayo avwpr vw factor activity 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

$1,209.93

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.

$1,209.93

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.

$15.65 with Cigna vs $1,209.93 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 $15.65 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $18.86 ↓ -98%
Cigna Comm $23.47 ↓ -98%
United KSMGMCD $26.23 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $26.75 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $27.02 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $27.28 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $27.28 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $27.28 ↓ -98%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $29.16 ↓ -98%
BCBS TRICARE $29.68 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $29.68 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $30.55 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRHMO $30.55 ↓ -97%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $30.55 ↓ -97%
Optum Health MCR $30.86 ↓ -97%
Humana PFFS $30.86 ↓ -97%
Humana MCRPPO $30.86 ↓ -97%
Humana MCRHMO $30.86 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $30.86 ↓ -97%
United CommunityCareNetwork $30.86 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $30.86 ↓ -97%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $30.86 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $31.48 ↓ -97%
Celtic MCR $31.48 ↓ -97%
Wellcare MCR $31.48 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $31.48 ↓ -97%
Home State Health Plan MCD $31.74 ↓ -97%
Pyramid Life MCR $33.02 ↓ -97%
United MOMGMCD $38.03 ↓ -97%
Aetna IVLHIX $41.66 ↓ -97%
Aetna KCCarePlus $43.52 ↓ -96%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $44.65 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $46.91 ↓ -96%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $53.02 ↓ -96%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $54.41 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAccess $54.66 ↓ -95%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $54.66 ↓ -95%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $54.66 ↓ -95%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $55.25 ↓ -95%
Humana EPO $56.15 ↓ -95%
Humana PPO $56.15 ↓ -95%
Humana ASO $56.15 ↓ -95%
Humana HMO $56.15 ↓ -95%
Humana POS $56.15 ↓ -95%
Aetna Local $58.33 ↓ -95%
Aetna National $71.60 ↓ -94%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $157.29 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $225.05 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $229.89 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $229.89 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $241.99 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $290.38 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $303.69 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $423.48 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $447.67 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $447.67 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $471.87 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $471.87 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $486.39 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $486.39 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $496.07 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $520.27 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $544.47 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $580.77 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $604.97 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $604.97 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $604.97 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $617.06 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $641.26 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $725.96 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $786.45 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $786.45 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $786.45 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $786.45 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $895.35 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $907.45 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $967.94 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $967.94 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $967.94 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $1,076.84 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $1,113.14 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $1,209.93 ↑ +0%

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Mayo avwpr vw factor activity at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $15.65 – $56.15
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $146.85 $30.86 – $103.07
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $146.85 $30.86 – $103.07
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $163.90 $30.24 – $53.39
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $146.85 $30.86 – $103.07
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $146.85 $30.86 – $103.07
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $146.85 $30.86 – $103.07
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $202.40 $27.77 – $55.55

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