Parathyroid planar img w/tomo spect 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

$21,659.92

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.

$21,659.92

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.

$218.05 with United vs $21,659.92 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 $218.05 ↓ -99%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $222.41 ↓ -99%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $224.59 ↓ -99%
Unicare MGMCD $226.77 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $226.77 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $226.77 ↓ -99%
Home State Health Plan MCD $263.84 ↓ -99%
United MOMGMCD $316.17 ↓ -99%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $334.48 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $407.66 ↓ -98%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $457.55 ↓ -98%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $484.09 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $496.83 ↓ -98%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $504.47 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalKC $545.40 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAccess $631.65 ↓ -97%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $631.65 ↓ -97%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $631.65 ↓ -97%
Cigna Comm $680.83 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -96%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $2,815.79 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $4,028.75 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $4,115.38 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $4,115.38 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $4,331.98 ↓ -80%
Humana ASO $4,570.24 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $4,570.24 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $4,570.24 ↓ -79%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $5,198.38 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $5,436.64 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $5,739.88 ↓ -73%
Humana POS $5,739.88 ↓ -73%
Aetna KCCarePlus $7,126.11 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $7,580.97 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $8,014.17 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $8,014.17 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $8,447.37 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $8,447.37 ↓ -61%
Aetna Local $8,512.35 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $8,707.29 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $8,707.29 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $8,880.57 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $9,313.77 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $9,746.96 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $10,396.76 ↓ -52%
Aetna National $10,418.42 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $10,829.96 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $10,829.96 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $10,829.96 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $11,046.56 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $11,479.76 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $12,995.95 ↓ -40%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $14,078.95 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $14,078.95 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $14,078.95 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $14,078.95 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $16,028.34 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $16,244.94 ↓ -25%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $16,244.94 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $17,327.94 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $17,327.94 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $17,327.94 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $19,277.33 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $19,927.13 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $21,659.92 ↑ +0%

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Parathyroid planar img w/tomo spect at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $5,591.50 $222.41 – $631.65
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $747.45 $312.58 – $955.47
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $747.45 $312.58 – $955.47
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $860.20 $358.91 – $766.81
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $747.45 $312.58 – $955.47
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $747.45 $312.58 – $955.47
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $747.45 $312.58 – $955.47
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $812.46 $398.21 – $720.75

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