Ndl emg musc 1 xtr/non-limb 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

$940.13

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.

$940.13

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.

$41.38 with United vs $940.13 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 $41.38 ↓ -96%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $42.21 ↓ -96%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $42.62 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MCD $43.04 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $43.04 ↓ -95%
Unicare MGMCD $43.04 ↓ -95%
Home State Health Plan MCD $50.07 ↓ -95%
United MOMGMCD $60.00 ↓ -94%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $122.22 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $174.86 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $178.62 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $178.62 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $178.62 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $188.03 ↓ -80%
Humana ASO $198.37 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $198.37 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $198.37 ↓ -79%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $206.83 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $225.63 ↓ -76%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $233.15 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $235.97 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $249.13 ↓ -74%
Humana POS $249.13 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalKC $277.53 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $282.04 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $282.04 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $282.04 ↓ -70%
Aetna IVLHIX $287.68 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $309.30 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $329.05 ↓ -65%
Cigna Comm $346.91 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $347.85 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $347.85 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $366.65 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $366.65 ↓ -61%
Aetna Local $369.47 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $377.93 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $377.93 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $385.45 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $404.26 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $423.06 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $451.26 ↓ -52%
Aetna National $452.20 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $470.06 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $470.06 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $470.06 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $479.47 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $498.27 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $564.08 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $611.08 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $611.08 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $611.08 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $611.08 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $695.70 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $705.10 ↓ -25%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $705.10 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $752.10 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $752.10 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $752.10 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $752.10 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $836.72 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $864.92 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $940.13 ↑ +0%

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Ndl emg musc 1 xtr/non-limb at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $42.21 – $60.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $677.05 $69.55 – $159.92
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $677.05 $69.55 – $159.92
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $416.35 $79.86 – $159.92
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $677.05 $69.55 – $69.55
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $677.05 $69.55 – $159.92
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $677.05 $69.55 – $159.92
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $236.60 $134.10 – $169.23

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