Ot re-evaluation patient/family 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

$612.27

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.

$612.27

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.

$56.56 with United vs $612.27 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 $56.56 ↓ -91%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $57.69 ↓ -91%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $57.73 ↓ -91%
BCBS MCRPPO $57.73 ↓ -91%
BCBS MCRHMO $57.73 ↓ -91%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $58.26 ↓ -90%
Humana MCRHMO $58.31 ↓ -90%
Humana MCRPPO $58.31 ↓ -90%
Humana PFFS $58.31 ↓ -90%
Devoted Health MGMCR $58.31 ↓ -90%
Optum Health MCR $58.31 ↓ -90%
United CommunityCareNetwork $58.31 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup MGMCD $58.82 ↓ -90%
Unicare MGMCD $58.82 ↓ -90%
Aetna Better Health MCD $58.82 ↓ -90%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $59.48 ↓ -90%
Celtic MCR $59.48 ↓ -90%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $59.48 ↓ -90%
Wellcare MCR $59.48 ↓ -90%
United MGMCR $59.48 ↓ -90%
Pyramid Life MCR $62.39 ↓ -90%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $66.42 ↓ -89%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $67.58 ↓ -89%
BCBS TRICARE $67.58 ↓ -89%
Home State Health Plan MCD $68.44 ↓ -89%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $78.87 ↓ -87%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $79.60 ↓ -87%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $80.94 ↓ -87%
United MOMGMCD $82.01 ↓ -87%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $82.19 ↓ -87%
Aetna IVLHIX $94.06 ↓ -85%
Aetna KCCarePlus $97.52 ↓ -84%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $113.88 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $116.33 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $116.33 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $116.33 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $122.45 ↓ -80%
Humana ASO $129.19 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $129.19 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $129.19 ↓ -79%
Aetna Local $131.40 ↓ -79%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $134.70 ↓ -78%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $135.81 ↓ -78%
BCBS BlueAccess $135.81 ↓ -78%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $135.81 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $146.94 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $153.68 ↓ -75%
Aetna National $160.45 ↓ -74%
Humana PPO $162.25 ↓ -74%
Humana POS $162.25 ↓ -74%
Universal Healthcare MCR $214.29 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $226.54 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $226.54 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $238.79 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $238.79 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $246.13 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $246.13 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $251.03 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $263.28 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $275.52 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $293.89 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $306.13 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $306.13 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $306.13 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $312.26 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $324.50 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $367.36 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $397.98 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $397.98 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $397.98 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $397.98 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $453.08 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $459.20 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $489.82 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $489.82 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $489.82 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $544.92 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $563.29 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $612.27 ↑ +0%

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Ot re-evaluation patient/family at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $57.69 – $97.52
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $317.35 $53.76 – $80.09
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $317.35 $53.76 – $80.09
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $169.95 $61.73 – $80.09
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $317.35 $53.76 – $53.76
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $317.35 $53.76 – $80.09
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $317.35 $53.76 – $80.09
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $138.60 $66.37 – $120.13

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