N-invas est c ffr sw aly cta 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

$3,326.57

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.

$3,326.57

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.

$432.45 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $3,326.57 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 $432.45 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $618.74 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $632.05 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $632.05 ↓ -81%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $665.31 ↓ -80%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $665.31 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $701.91 ↓ -79%
Humana ASO $701.91 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $701.91 ↓ -79%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $731.85 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $798.38 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $834.97 ↓ -75%
Humana POS $881.54 ↓ -74%
Humana PPO $881.54 ↓ -74%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $997.97 ↓ -70%
Aetna Better Health MCD $997.97 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $997.97 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $997.97 ↓ -70%
Aetna IVLHIX $1,017.93 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $1,094.44 ↓ -67%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $1,159.90 ↓ -65%
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,164.30 ↓ -65%
BCBS Participating $1,230.83 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $1,230.83 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $1,297.36 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,297.36 ↓ -61%
Aetna Local $1,307.34 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $1,337.28 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $1,337.28 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,363.89 ↓ -59%
Cigna LocalKC $1,382.60 ↓ -58%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $1,430.43 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,496.96 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $1,596.75 ↓ -52%
Aetna National $1,600.08 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $1,663.29 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,663.29 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,663.29 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $1,696.55 ↓ -49%
Cigna Comm $1,725.93 ↓ -48%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,763.08 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $1,995.94 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $2,162.27 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $2,162.27 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $2,162.27 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $2,162.27 ↓ -35%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,241.41 ↓ -33%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $2,461.66 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $2,494.93 ↓ -25%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $2,494.93 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,661.26 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $2,661.26 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $2,661.26 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $2,661.26 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $2,960.65 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $3,060.44 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $3,326.57 ↑ +0%

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N-invas est c ffr sw aly cta at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $1,159.90 – $1,159.90
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,631.85 $842.92 – $1,265.15
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $3,226.60 $724.62 – $2,241.41
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $7,602.65 $1,159.90 – $2,241.41
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $849.08 – $1,032.15
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $849.08 – $1,032.15
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $849.08 – $1,992.36
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $849.08 – $1,032.15

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