Platelet pheresis irr ea 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

$3,094.25

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.

$3,094.25

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.

$25.50 with United vs $3,094.25 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 $25.50 ↓ -99%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $26.01 ↓ -99%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $26.27 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $26.52 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $26.52 ↓ -99%
Unicare MGMCD $26.52 ↓ -99%
Home State Health Plan MCD $30.86 ↓ -99%
United MOMGMCD $36.98 ↓ -99%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $402.25 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $575.53 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $587.91 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $587.91 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $587.91 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $618.85 ↓ -80%
Humana ASO $652.89 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $652.89 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $652.89 ↓ -79%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $680.74 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $742.62 ↓ -76%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $767.37 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $776.66 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $819.98 ↓ -73%
Humana POS $819.98 ↓ -73%
Cigna LocalKC $913.42 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $928.27 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $928.27 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $928.27 ↓ -70%
Aetna IVLHIX $946.84 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $1,018.01 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,082.99 ↓ -65%
Cigna Comm $1,141.78 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $1,144.87 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $1,144.87 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $1,206.76 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,206.76 ↓ -61%
Aetna Local $1,216.04 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $1,243.89 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $1,243.89 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,268.64 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $1,330.53 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,392.41 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $1,485.24 ↓ -52%
Aetna National $1,488.33 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $1,547.13 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,547.13 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,547.13 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $1,578.07 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,639.95 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $1,856.55 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $2,011.26 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $2,011.26 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $2,011.26 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $2,011.26 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $2,289.74 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $2,320.69 ↓ -25%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $2,320.69 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $2,475.40 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $2,475.40 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $2,475.40 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,475.40 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $2,753.88 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $2,846.71 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $3,094.25 ↑ +0%

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Platelet pheresis irr ea at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $26.01 – $36.98
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $1,621.40 not published
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $1,077.70 $25.50 – $978.55
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $976.30 $701.34 – $771.48
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $979.55 $25.50 – $978.55
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $1,893.55 $25.50 – $26.78
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $2,286.83 $25.50 – $26.78
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Lexington $1,357.17 $25.50 – $26.52

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