Obstetrics panel 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

$3,634.60

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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.

$3,634.60

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.

$24.24 with Cigna vs $3,634.60 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
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $24.24 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $29.22 ↓ -99%
Cigna Comm $36.36 ↓ -99%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $45.18 ↓ -99%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $47.33 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRHMO $47.33 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $47.33 ↓ -99%
Humana PFFS $47.81 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $47.81 ↓ -99%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $47.81 ↓ -99%
Optum Health MCR $47.81 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $47.81 ↓ -99%
United KSMGMCD $47.81 ↓ -99%
Humana MCRHMO $47.81 ↓ -99%
Humana MCRPPO $47.81 ↓ -99%
United CommunityCareNetwork $47.81 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $48.77 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $48.77 ↓ -99%
Wellcare MCR $48.77 ↓ -99%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $48.77 ↓ -99%
Celtic MCR $48.77 ↓ -99%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $49.24 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $49.72 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $49.72 ↓ -99%
Unicare MGMCD $49.72 ↓ -99%
Pyramid Life MCR $51.16 ↓ -99%
Home State Health Plan MCD $57.85 ↓ -98%
Aetna IVLHIX $64.54 ↓ -98%
Aetna KCCarePlus $67.41 ↓ -98%
United MOMGMCD $69.32 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $70.76 ↓ -98%
BCBS TRICARE $70.76 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $72.67 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $85.14 ↓ -98%
Aetna Local $90.36 ↓ -98%
Humana PPO $100.03 ↓ -97%
Humana ASO $100.03 ↓ -97%
Humana POS $100.03 ↓ -97%
Humana HMO $100.03 ↓ -97%
Humana EPO $100.03 ↓ -97%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $101.10 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $103.76 ↓ -97%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $105.36 ↓ -97%
Aetna National $110.92 ↓ -97%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $110.95 ↓ -97%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $110.95 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAccess $110.95 ↓ -97%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $472.50 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $676.04 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $690.57 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $690.57 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $726.92 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $872.30 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $912.28 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,272.11 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $1,344.80 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $1,344.80 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,417.49 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $1,417.49 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $1,461.11 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $1,461.11 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,490.19 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $1,562.88 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,635.57 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $1,744.61 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,817.30 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,817.30 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $1,817.30 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $1,853.65 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,926.34 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $2,180.76 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $2,362.49 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $2,362.49 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $2,362.49 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $2,362.49 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $2,689.60 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $2,725.95 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,907.68 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $2,907.68 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $2,907.68 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $3,234.79 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $3,343.83 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $3,634.60 ↑ +0%

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Obstetrics panel at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $1,814.50 $24.24 – $105.36
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $162.25 $47.81 – $197.13
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $162.25 $47.81 – $197.13
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $162.25 $47.81 – $197.13
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $162.25 $47.81 – $197.13
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $162.25 $47.81 – $197.13
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $255.45 $36.52 – $66.27
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $407.55 $42.53 – $177.04

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