Pregnancy Ultrasound (first trimester) 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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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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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.

$59.96 with United vs $3,150.73 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 $59.96
HealthyBlue MGMCD $61.16
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $61.76
Amerigroup MGMCD $62.36
Unicare MGMCD $62.36
Aetna Better Health MCD $62.36
Home State Health Plan MCD $72.55
United MOMGMCD $86.94
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $96.60
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $97.17
CorVel Corporation KSWC $115.39
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $118.42
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $120.25
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $121.96
Aetna IVLHIX $135.61
Aetna KCCarePlus $141.63
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $144.66
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $144.66
BCBS BlueAccess $144.66
Cigna LocalKC $145.38
Humana EPO $147.78
Humana ASO $147.78
Humana HMO $147.78
Cigna Comm $181.48
Aetna Local $189.85
Humana PPO $190.76
Humana POS $190.76
Aetna National $233.04
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $409.59
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $586.04
NHC Advantage MGMCR $598.64
NHC Advantage MGMCD $598.64
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $630.15
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $756.18
United OptionsPPO $790.83
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,102.76
BCBS Participating $1,165.77
BCBS Traditional $1,165.77
BCBS PC $1,228.78
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,228.78
Coventry WCOMP $1,266.59
Aetna FHMedicalRental $1,266.59
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,291.80
College Park Family Care Center COMM $1,354.81
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,417.83
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $1,512.35
Cigna LifeSource COMM $1,575.37
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,575.37
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,575.37
Aetna NATIONALNAP $1,606.87
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,669.89
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $1,890.44
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $2,047.97
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $2,047.97
CorVel Corporation MOWC $2,047.97
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $2,047.97
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $2,331.54
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $2,363.05
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $2,363.05
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,520.58
CCO, Inc. COMM $2,520.58
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $2,520.58
Optum Health COMM $2,804.15
Optum Transplant COMM $2,898.67
Optum Health MCD $3,150.73

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Pregnancy Ultrasound (first trimester) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $61.16 – $147.78
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $484.00 $73.85 – $227.74
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $484.00 $73.85 – $227.74
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $587.40 $84.80 – $182.78
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $484.00 $73.85 – $227.74
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $484.00 $73.85 – $227.74
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $484.00 $73.85 – $227.74
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $467.50 $104.14 – $188.49

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