Orthopantogram 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

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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.

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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.

$12.50 with Multiplan vs $3,252.82 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
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $12.50
CorVel Corporation KSWC $14.84
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $15.23
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $15.46
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $19.05
BCBS BlueAccess $19.05
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $19.05
Humana HMO $20.36
Humana EPO $20.36
Humana ASO $20.36
Humana PPO $26.29
Humana POS $26.29
Aetna IVLHIX $37.26
Aetna KCCarePlus $38.91
United KSMGMCD $48.74
HealthyBlue MGMCD $49.71
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $50.20
Unicare MGMCD $50.69
Aetna Better Health MCD $50.69
Amerigroup MGMCD $50.69
Aetna Local $52.16
Home State Health Plan MCD $58.98
Aetna National $64.03
United MOMGMCD $70.67
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $71.77
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $100.81
Cigna LocalKC $120.17
Cigna Comm $150.01
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $422.87
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $605.02
NHC Advantage MGMCD $618.04
NHC Advantage MGMCR $618.04
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $650.56
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $780.68
United OptionsPPO $816.46
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,138.49
BCBS Participating $1,203.54
BCBS Traditional $1,203.54
BCBS PC $1,268.60
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,268.60
Coventry WCOMP $1,307.63
Aetna FHMedicalRental $1,307.63
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,333.66
College Park Family Care Center COMM $1,398.71
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,463.77
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $1,561.35
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,626.41
Cigna LifeSource COMM $1,626.41
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,626.41
Aetna NATIONALNAP $1,658.94
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,723.99
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $1,951.69
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $2,114.33
CorVel Corporation MOWC $2,114.33
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $2,114.33
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $2,114.33
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $2,407.09
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $2,439.61
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $2,439.61
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $2,602.26
CCO, Inc. COMM $2,602.26
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,602.26
Optum Health COMM $2,895.01
Optum Transplant COMM $2,992.59
Optum Health MCD $3,252.82

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Orthopantogram at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $711.00 $12.50 – $100.81
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $157.30 $8.98 – $104.60
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $157.30 $8.98 – $104.60
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $212.85 $10.31 – $104.60
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $157.30 $8.98 – $161.80
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $157.30 $8.98 – $104.60
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $157.30 $8.98 – $104.60
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $278.52 $17.14 – $156.90

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