Nerve conduction studies 1-2 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

$358.05

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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$358.05

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.

$29.14 with United vs $358.05 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 $29.14 ↓ -92%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $29.72 ↓ -92%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $30.01 ↓ -92%
Aetna Better Health MCD $30.31 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup MGMCD $30.31 ↓ -92%
Unicare MGMCD $30.31 ↓ -92%
Home State Health Plan MCD $35.26 ↓ -90%
United MOMGMCD $42.25 ↓ -88%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $46.55 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $66.60 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $68.03 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $68.03 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $68.03 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $71.61 ↓ -80%
Humana ASO $75.55 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $75.55 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $75.55 ↓ -79%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $78.77 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $85.93 ↓ -76%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $88.80 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $89.87 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $94.88 ↓ -74%
Humana POS $94.88 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalKC $105.70 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $107.42 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $107.42 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $107.42 ↓ -70%
Aetna IVLHIX $109.56 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $117.80 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $125.32 ↓ -65%
Cigna Comm $132.12 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $132.48 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $132.48 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $139.64 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $139.64 ↓ -61%
Aetna Local $140.71 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $143.94 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $143.94 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $146.80 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $153.96 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $161.12 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $171.86 ↓ -52%
Aetna National $172.22 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $179.03 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $179.03 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $179.03 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $182.61 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $189.77 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $214.83 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $232.73 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $232.73 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $232.73 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $232.73 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $264.96 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $268.54 ↓ -25%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $268.54 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $286.44 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $286.44 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $286.44 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $286.44 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $318.66 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $329.41 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $358.05 ↑ +0%

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Nerve conduction studies 1-2 at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $29.72 – $42.25
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $473.55 $44.10 – $259.53
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $473.55 $44.10 – $259.53
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $402.05 $50.64 – $259.53
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $473.55 $44.10 – $44.10
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $473.55 $44.10 – $259.53
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $473.55 $44.10 – $259.53
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $156.04 $69.60 – $389.29

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