Pq biliary strict dil s&i 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

$29,500.51

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.

$29,500.51

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.

$80.03 with BCBS vs $29,500.51 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
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $80.03 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueAccess $80.03 ↓ -100%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $80.03 ↓ -100%
United KSMGMCD $97.24 ↓ -100%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $99.18 ↓ -100%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $100.16 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health MCD $101.13 ↓ -100%
Unicare MGMCD $101.13 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MGMCD $101.13 ↓ -100%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $104.11 ↓ -100%
Home State Health Plan MCD $117.66 ↓ -100%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $123.63 ↓ -100%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $126.89 ↓ -100%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $128.84 ↓ -100%
United MOMGMCD $141.00 ↓ -100%
Humana HMO $210.24 ↓ -99%
Humana ASO $210.24 ↓ -99%
Humana EPO $210.24 ↓ -99%
Humana PPO $271.40 ↓ -99%
Humana POS $271.40 ↓ -99%
Aetna IVLHIX $392.82 ↓ -99%
Aetna KCCarePlus $410.28 ↓ -99%
Aetna Local $549.95 ↓ -98%
Aetna National $675.07 ↓ -98%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $3,835.07 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $5,487.09 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $5,605.10 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $5,605.10 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $5,900.10 ↓ -80%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $6,490.11 ↓ -78%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $6,490.11 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $7,080.12 ↓ -76%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $7,316.13 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $7,404.63 ↓ -75%
Cigna LocalKC $8,708.55 ↓ -70%
Universal Healthcare MCR $10,325.18 ↓ -65%
Cigna Comm $10,885.69 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $10,915.19 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $10,915.19 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $11,505.20 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $11,505.20 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $11,859.21 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $11,859.21 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $12,095.21 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $12,685.22 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $13,275.23 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRPPO $13,275.23 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRHMO $13,275.23 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $14,160.24 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $14,750.25 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $14,750.25 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $14,750.25 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $15,045.26 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $15,635.27 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $17,700.31 ↓ -40%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $19,175.33 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $19,175.33 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $19,175.33 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $19,175.33 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $21,830.38 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $22,125.38 ↓ -25%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $22,125.38 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $23,600.41 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $23,600.41 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $23,600.41 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $26,255.45 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $27,140.47 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $29,500.51 ↑ +0%

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Pq biliary strict dil s&i at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $80.03 – $410.28
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $741.40 $118.79 – $362.54
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $741.40 $118.79 – $362.54
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $979.55 $136.40 – $290.96
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $741.40 $118.79 – $362.54
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $741.40 $118.79 – $362.54
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $741.40 $118.79 – $362.54
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $964.26 $180.71 – $180.71

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