Perq transcath cls aortic 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

$60,710.66

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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.

$60,710.66

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.

$7,755.00 with Aetna vs $60,710.66 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
Aetna IVLHIX $7,755.00 ↓ -87%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $7,892.39 ↓ -87%
Aetna KCCarePlus $8,996.00 ↓ -85%
United KSMGMCD $10,992.00 ↓ -82%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $11,211.84 ↓ -82%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $11,321.76 ↓ -81%
Unicare MGMCD $11,431.68 ↓ -81%
Aetna Better Health MCD $11,431.68 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup MGMCD $11,431.68 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $11,535.03 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $11,535.03 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $11,600.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna Local $12,151.00 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $12,809.95 ↓ -79%
Humana ASO $12,809.95 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $12,809.95 ↓ -79%
Home State Health Plan MCD $13,300.32 ↓ -78%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $13,356.35 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $14,570.56 ↓ -76%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $15,056.24 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $15,238.38 ↓ -75%
United MOMGMCD $15,938.40 ↓ -74%
Aetna National $16,039.00 ↓ -74%
Humana PPO $16,088.32 ↓ -74%
Humana POS $16,088.32 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalKC $17,921.79 ↓ -70%
Universal Healthcare MCR $21,248.73 ↓ -65%
Cigna Comm $22,402.23 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $22,462.94 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $22,462.94 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $23,677.16 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $23,677.16 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $24,405.69 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $24,405.69 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $24,891.37 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $27,319.80 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $29,141.12 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $30,355.33 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $30,355.33 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $30,355.33 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $30,962.44 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $32,176.65 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $36,426.40 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $39,461.93 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $39,461.93 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $39,461.93 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $39,461.93 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $44,925.89 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $45,533.00 ↓ -25%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $45,533.00 ↓ -25%
United AllPayerAppendix $46,408.00 ↓ -24%
CCO, Inc. COMM $48,568.53 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $48,568.53 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $48,568.53 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $48,568.53 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $54,032.49 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $55,853.81 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $60,710.66 ↑ +0%

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Perq transcath cls aortic at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $11,211.84 – $15,938.40
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $33,389.40 $1,234.13 – $22,033.48
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $52,438.75 $9,352.36 – $34,738.19
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $1,074.80 – $22,033.48
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $1,074.80 – $22,033.48
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $1,074.80 – $7,218.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $1,074.80 – $22,033.48
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $1,074.80 – $22,033.48

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