MRI breast without cont bi 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

$10,857.40

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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$10,857.40

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.

$198.49 with United vs $10,857.40 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 $198.49 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $202.46 ↓ -98%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $204.16 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $204.44 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $206.43 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $206.43 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $206.43 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $240.17 ↓ -98%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $271.84 ↓ -97%
United MOMGMCD $287.81 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAccess $311.13 ↓ -97%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $311.13 ↓ -97%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $311.13 ↓ -97%
Cigna LocalKC $324.03 ↓ -97%
Cigna Comm $404.49 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79 ↓ -95%
Aetna IVLHIX $1,074.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna KCCarePlus $1,125.00 ↓ -90%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $1,411.46 ↓ -87%
Aetna Local $1,514.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna National $1,836.00 ↓ -83%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $2,019.48 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $2,062.91 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $2,062.91 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $2,171.48 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $2,290.91 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $2,290.91 ↓ -79%
Humana ASO $2,290.91 ↓ -79%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $2,605.78 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $2,725.21 ↓ -75%
Humana POS $2,877.21 ↓ -74%
Humana PPO $2,877.21 ↓ -74%
Universal Healthcare MCR $3,800.09 ↓ -65%
BCBS Participating $4,017.24 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $4,017.24 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $4,234.39 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $4,234.39 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $4,364.67 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $4,364.67 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $4,451.53 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $4,668.68 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $4,885.83 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $5,211.55 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $5,428.70 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $5,428.70 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $5,428.70 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $5,537.27 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $5,754.42 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $6,514.44 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $7,057.31 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $7,057.31 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $7,057.31 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $7,057.31 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $8,034.48 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $8,143.05 ↓ -25%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $8,143.05 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $8,685.92 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $8,685.92 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $8,685.92 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $8,685.92 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $9,663.09 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $9,988.81 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $10,857.40 ↑ +0%

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MRI breast without cont bi at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $202.46 – $311.13
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,567.50 $177.97 – $823.13
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,567.50 $177.97 – $823.13
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $366.85 $204.35 – $794.16
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,567.50 $177.97 – $823.13
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,567.50 $177.97 – $823.13
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,567.50 $177.97 – $823.13
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $778.80 $237.67 – $430.18

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