MRA without fol w/cont, abd 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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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.

$426.64 with Cigna vs $16,443.77 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 $426.64
Cigna LocalKC $508.55
Cigna Comm $634.84
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
Aetna IVLHIX $1,074.00
Aetna KCCarePlus $1,125.00
Aetna Local $1,514.00
Aetna National $1,836.00
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $2,137.69
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $3,058.54
NHC Advantage MGMCR $3,124.32
NHC Advantage MGMCD $3,124.32
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $3,288.75
HealthyBlue MGMCD $3,288.75
Humana HMO $3,469.64
Humana ASO $3,469.64
Humana EPO $3,469.64
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $3,617.63
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $3,946.50
United OptionsPPO $4,127.39
Humana POS $4,357.60
Humana PPO $4,357.60
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $4,933.13
Aetna Better Health MCD $4,933.13
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $4,933.13
BCBS BlueAccess $4,933.13
Universal Healthcare MCR $5,755.32
BCBS Traditional $6,084.19
BCBS Participating $6,084.19
BCBS PC $6,413.07
BCBS FreedomNetwork $6,413.07
Coventry WCOMP $6,610.40
Aetna FHMedicalRental $6,610.40
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $6,741.95
College Park Family Care Center COMM $7,070.82
United GlobalBenefitPlan $7,399.70
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $7,893.01
Cigna LifeSource COMM $8,221.89
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $8,221.89
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $8,221.89
Aetna NATIONALNAP $8,386.32
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $8,715.20
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $9,866.26
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $10,688.45
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $10,688.45
CorVel Corporation MOWC $10,688.45
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $10,688.45
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $12,168.39
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $12,332.83
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $12,332.83
CCO, Inc. COMM $13,155.02
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $13,155.02
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $13,155.02
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $13,155.02
Optum Health COMM $14,634.96
Optum Transplant COMM $15,128.27
Optum Health MCD $16,443.77

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MRA without fol w/cont, abd at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $426.64 – $426.64
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,828.75 $349.44 – $2,204.27
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,828.75 $349.44 – $2,204.27
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $3,171.85 $342.45 – $2,126.68
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,828.75 $474.45 – $2,204.27
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,828.75 $349.44 – $2,204.27
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,828.75 $349.44 – $2,204.27
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $1,552.32 $347.51 – $628.99

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