Particle matristem matrix 1000mg micron-q4118-cost per mg 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.

$1.08 with HealthyBlue vs $13.08 with United — 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
HealthyBlue MGMCD $1.08
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $1.18
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $1.18
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $1.29
United OptionsPPO $1.35
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $1.61
Aetna Better Health MCD $1.61
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $1.61
BCBS BlueAccess $1.61
BCBS Participating $1.99
BCBS Traditional $1.99
BCBS FreedomNetwork $2.10
BCBS PC $2.10
Coventry WCOMP $2.16
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $2.21
BCBS MCRHMO $2.42
BCBS MCRPPO $2.42
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2.42
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $2.55
BCBS TRICARE $2.55
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $2.58
Cigna LifeSource COMM $2.69
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $2.69
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $2.69
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $3.23
CorVel Corporation MOWC $3.50
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $3.50
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $3.50
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $3.50
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $3.98
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $4.04
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $4.30
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $4.30
CCO, Inc. COMM $4.30
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $4.30
Optum Health COMM $4.79
Optum Transplant COMM $4.95
Optum Health MCD $5.38
United AllPayerAppendix $13.08

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Particle matristem matrix 1000mg micron-q4118-cost per mg at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $2.55 – $2.55
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $2,745.19 $4.45 – $4.45
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $2,745.19 $4.45 – $4.45
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $3,794.19 $4.72 – $4.72
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $2,745.19 $4.45 – $4.45
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $2,745.19 $4.45 – $4.45
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $2,745.19 $4.45 – $4.45
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton $2,745.19 $4.45 – $4.45

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