Nerve conduction studies 5-6 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

$1,038.22

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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$1,038.22

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 $1,038.22 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 ↓ -97%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $29.72 ↓ -97%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $30.01 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $30.31 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $30.31 ↓ -97%
Unicare MGMCD $30.31 ↓ -97%
Home State Health Plan MCD $35.26 ↓ -97%
United MOMGMCD $42.25 ↓ -96%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $134.97 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $193.11 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $197.26 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $197.26 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $197.26 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $207.64 ↓ -80%
Humana ASO $219.06 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $219.06 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $219.06 ↓ -79%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $228.41 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $249.17 ↓ -76%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $257.48 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $260.59 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $275.13 ↓ -73%
Humana POS $275.13 ↓ -73%
Cigna LocalKC $306.48 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $311.47 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $311.47 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $311.47 ↓ -70%
Aetna IVLHIX $317.70 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $341.57 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $363.38 ↓ -65%
Cigna Comm $383.10 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $384.14 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $384.14 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $404.91 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $404.91 ↓ -61%
Aetna Local $408.02 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $417.36 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $417.36 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $425.67 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $446.43 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $467.20 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $498.35 ↓ -52%
Aetna National $499.38 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $519.11 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $519.11 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $519.11 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $529.49 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $550.26 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $622.93 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $674.84 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $674.84 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $674.84 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $674.84 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $768.28 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $778.66 ↓ -25%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $778.66 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $830.58 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $830.58 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $830.58 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $830.58 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $924.02 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $955.16 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $1,038.22 ↑ +0%

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Nerve conduction studies 5-6 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 $1,476.20 $67.75 – $259.53
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,476.20 $67.75 – $259.53
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,005.95 $77.80 – $259.53
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,476.20 $67.75 – $67.75
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,476.20 $67.75 – $259.53
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,476.20 $67.75 – $259.53
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $156.04 $101.15 – $389.29

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