Pq dr cath chg w cont 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

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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.

$36.40 with United vs $1,281.51 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
United KSMGMCD $36.40
HealthyBlue MGMCD $37.13
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $37.49
Aetna Better Health MCD $37.86
Amerigroup MGMCD $37.86
Unicare MGMCD $37.86
Home State Health Plan MCD $44.04
United MOMGMCD $52.78
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $93.01
CorVel Corporation KSWC $110.45
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $113.35
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $115.10
Aetna IVLHIX $125.85
Aetna KCCarePlus $131.44
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $139.93
BCBS BlueAccess $139.93
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $139.93
Humana HMO $143.48
Humana ASO $143.48
Humana EPO $143.48
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $166.60
Aetna Local $176.19
Humana POS $185.21
Humana PPO $185.21
Aetna National $216.28
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $238.36
NHC Advantage MGMCR $243.49
NHC Advantage MGMCD $243.49
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $256.30
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $281.93
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $281.93
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $307.56
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $317.81
United OptionsPPO $321.66
Cigna LocalKC $378.30
Universal Healthcare MCR $448.53
Cigna Comm $472.88
BCBS Participating $474.16
BCBS Traditional $474.16
BCBS PC $499.79
BCBS FreedomNetwork $499.79
Coventry WCOMP $515.17
Aetna FHMedicalRental $515.17
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $525.42
College Park Family Care Center COMM $551.05
United GlobalBenefitPlan $576.68
BCBS MCRPPO $576.68
BCBS MCRHMO $576.68
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $615.12
Cigna LifeSource COMM $640.75
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $640.75
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $640.75
Aetna NATIONALNAP $653.57
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $679.20
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $768.91
CorVel Corporation MOWC $832.98
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $832.98
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $832.98
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $832.98
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $948.32
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $961.13
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $961.13
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1,025.21
CCO, Inc. COMM $1,025.21
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,025.21
Optum Health COMM $1,140.54
Optum Transplant COMM $1,178.99
Optum Health MCD $1,281.51

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Pq dr cath chg w cont s&i at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $37.13 – $143.48
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $577.50 $71.34 – $218.01
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $577.50 $71.34 – $218.01
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $631.40 $81.91 – $174.96
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $577.50 $71.34 – $218.01
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $577.50 $71.34 – $218.01
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $577.50 $71.34 – $218.01
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $1,269.84 $128.18 – $128.18

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