Myocrd img pet rst&strs CT 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

$9,149.64

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.

$9,149.64

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.

$1,189.45 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $9,149.64 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
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $1,189.45 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $1,701.83 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $1,738.43 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $1,738.43 ↓ -81%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $1,829.93 ↓ -80%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $1,829.93 ↓ -80%
Humana ASO $1,930.57 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $1,930.57 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $1,930.57 ↓ -79%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $2,025.45 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $2,195.91 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $2,296.56 ↓ -75%
Humana POS $2,424.65 ↓ -74%
Humana PPO $2,424.65 ↓ -74%
Aetna IVLHIX $2,589.00 ↓ -72%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $2,620.38 ↓ -71%
Aetna Better Health MCD $2,744.89 ↓ -70%
Aetna KCCarePlus $2,850.00 ↓ -69%
Cigna LocalKC $3,123.49 ↓ -66%
Universal Healthcare MCR $3,202.37 ↓ -65%
BCBS Participating $3,385.37 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $3,385.37 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $3,568.36 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $3,568.36 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $3,678.16 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $3,678.16 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $3,751.35 ↓ -59%
Aetna Local $3,830.00 ↓ -58%
BCBS BlueAccess $3,846.89 ↓ -58%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $3,846.89 ↓ -58%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $3,846.89 ↓ -58%
Cigna Comm $3,899.12 ↓ -57%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $3,934.35 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $4,117.34 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $4,391.83 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $4,574.82 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $4,574.82 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $4,574.82 ↓ -50%
Aetna National $4,652.00 ↓ -49%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $4,666.32 ↓ -49%
United AllPayerAppendix $5,063.63 ↓ -45%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $5,489.78 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $5,947.27 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $5,947.27 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $5,947.27 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $5,947.27 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $6,770.73 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $6,862.23 ↓ -25%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $6,862.23 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $7,319.71 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $7,319.71 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $7,319.71 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $7,319.71 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $8,143.18 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $8,417.67 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $9,149.64 ↑ +0%

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Myocrd img pet rst&strs CT at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $2,620.38 – $3,846.89
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $3,055.25 $2,162.22 – $2,858.14
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $10,256.02 $33.29 – $5,063.63
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $13,399.90 $2,025.45 – $5,063.63
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $2,206.35 – $2,647.61
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $2,206.35 – $2,647.61
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $2,275.04 – $4,501.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $2,206.35 – $2,647.61

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