Pelvic Ultrasound (complete) 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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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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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.

$59.96 with United vs $9,196.83 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

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 $59.96
HealthyBlue MGMCD $61.16
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $61.76
Aetna Better Health MCD $62.36
Unicare MGMCD $62.36
Amerigroup MGMCD $62.36
Home State Health Plan MCD $72.55
United MOMGMCD $86.94
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $96.60
Aetna IVLHIX $98.96
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $99.94
Aetna KCCarePlus $103.36
CorVel Corporation KSWC $118.68
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $121.81
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $121.96
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $123.68
Aetna Local $138.54
Cigna LocalKC $145.38
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $163.53
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $163.53
BCBS BlueAccess $163.53
Humana ASO $164.31
Humana EPO $164.31
Humana HMO $164.31
Aetna National $170.06
Cigna Comm $181.48
Humana PPO $212.10
Humana POS $212.10
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $1,195.59
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $1,710.61
NHC Advantage MGMCR $1,747.40
NHC Advantage MGMCD $1,747.40
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $1,839.37
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $2,207.24
United OptionsPPO $2,308.40
Universal Healthcare MCR $3,218.89
BCBS Traditional $3,402.83
BCBS Participating $3,402.83
BCBS PC $3,586.76
BCBS FreedomNetwork $3,586.76
Aetna FHMedicalRental $3,697.13
Coventry WCOMP $3,697.13
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $3,770.70
College Park Family Care Center COMM $3,954.64
United GlobalBenefitPlan $4,138.57
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $4,414.48
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $4,598.41
Cigna LifeSource COMM $4,598.41
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $4,598.41
Aetna NATIONALNAP $4,690.38
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $4,874.32
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $5,518.10
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $5,977.94
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $5,977.94
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $5,977.94
CorVel Corporation MOWC $5,977.94
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $6,805.65
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $6,897.62
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $6,897.62
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $7,357.46
CCO, Inc. COMM $7,357.46
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $7,357.46
Optum Health COMM $8,185.18
Optum Transplant COMM $8,461.08
Optum Health MCD $9,196.83

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Pelvic Ultrasound (complete) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $1,709.00 $61.16 – $164.31
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $604.45 $76.36 – $234.24
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $604.45 $76.36 – $234.24
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $550.00 $87.68 – $187.99
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $604.45 $76.36 – $234.24
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $604.45 $76.36 – $234.24
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $604.45 $76.36 – $234.24
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $547.80 $104.14 – $188.49

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