Nerve conduction studies 9-10 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

$1,730.37

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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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$1,730.37

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.

$53.97 with United vs $1,730.37 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 $53.97 ↓ -97%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $55.05 ↓ -97%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $55.59 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $56.13 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $56.13 ↓ -97%
Unicare MGMCD $56.13 ↓ -97%
Home State Health Plan MCD $65.30 ↓ -96%
United MOMGMCD $78.26 ↓ -95%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $224.95 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $321.85 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $328.77 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $328.77 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $328.77 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $346.07 ↓ -80%
Humana ASO $365.11 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $365.11 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $365.11 ↓ -79%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $380.68 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $415.29 ↓ -76%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $429.13 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $434.32 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $458.55 ↓ -73%
Humana POS $458.55 ↓ -73%
Cigna LocalKC $510.81 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $519.11 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $519.11 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $519.11 ↓ -70%
Aetna IVLHIX $529.49 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $569.29 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $605.63 ↓ -65%
Cigna Comm $638.51 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $640.24 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $640.24 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $674.84 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $674.84 ↓ -61%
Aetna Local $680.04 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $695.61 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $695.61 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $709.45 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $744.06 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $778.67 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $830.58 ↓ -52%
Aetna National $832.31 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $865.18 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $865.18 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $865.18 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $882.49 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $917.10 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $1,038.22 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $1,124.74 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $1,124.74 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $1,124.74 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $1,124.74 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $1,280.47 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1,297.78 ↓ -25%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $1,297.78 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $1,384.30 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1,384.30 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $1,384.30 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,384.30 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $1,540.03 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $1,591.94 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $1,730.37 ↑ +0%

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Nerve conduction studies 9-10 at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $55.05 – $78.26
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $2,403.50 $100.01 – $448.51
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $2,403.50 $100.01 – $448.51
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,592.80 $114.84 – $448.51
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $2,403.50 $100.01 – $100.01
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $2,403.50 $100.01 – $448.51
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $2,403.50 $100.01 – $448.51
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $156.04 $151.49 – $672.77

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