Protein s total 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

$755.15

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.

$755.15

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.

$5.89 with Cigna vs $755.15 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
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $5.89 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $7.10 ↓ -99%
Cigna Comm $8.83 ↓ -99%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $10.97 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $11.17 ↓ -99%
BCBS TRICARE $11.17 ↓ -99%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $11.49 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $11.49 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRHMO $11.49 ↓ -98%
Optum Health MCR $11.61 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $11.61 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRHMO $11.61 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRPPO $11.61 ↓ -98%
Humana PFFS $11.61 ↓ -98%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $11.61 ↓ -98%
United CommunityCareNetwork $11.61 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.61 ↓ -98%
United KSMGMCD $11.61 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $11.84 ↓ -98%
Celtic MCR $11.84 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $11.84 ↓ -98%
Wellcare MCR $11.84 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $11.84 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $11.96 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $12.07 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $12.07 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.07 ↓ -98%
Pyramid Life MCR $12.42 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $14.05 ↓ -98%
Aetna IVLHIX $15.67 ↓ -98%
Aetna KCCarePlus $16.37 ↓ -98%
United MOMGMCD $16.83 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $17.65 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $20.77 ↓ -97%
Aetna Local $21.94 ↓ -97%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $24.43 ↓ -97%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $24.43 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAccess $24.43 ↓ -97%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $24.66 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $25.31 ↓ -97%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $25.70 ↓ -97%
Aetna National $26.93 ↓ -96%
Humana PPO $28.38 ↓ -96%
Humana ASO $28.38 ↓ -96%
Humana POS $28.38 ↓ -96%
Humana HMO $28.38 ↓ -96%
Humana EPO $28.38 ↓ -96%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $98.17 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $140.46 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $143.48 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $143.48 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $151.03 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $181.24 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $189.54 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $264.30 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $279.41 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $279.41 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $294.51 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $294.51 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $303.57 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $303.57 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $309.61 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $324.71 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $339.82 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $362.47 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $377.57 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $377.57 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $377.57 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $385.13 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $400.23 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $453.09 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $490.85 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $490.85 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $490.85 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $490.85 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $558.81 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $566.36 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $604.12 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $604.12 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $604.12 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $672.08 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $694.74 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $755.15 ↑ +0%

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Protein s total at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $125.40 $11.61 – $47.86
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $125.40 $11.61 – $47.86
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $472.45 $11.38 – $24.79
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $125.40 $11.61 – $47.86
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $125.40 $11.61 – $47.86
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $125.40 $11.61 – $47.86
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $264.00 $10.45 – $20.90
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $200.85 $11.61 – $16.09

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