Pt wheelchair management each 15 minutes 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.

$26.28 with Coventry vs $435.31 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
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $26.28
BCBS MCRHMO $26.28
BCBS MCRPPO $26.28
Optum Transplants OONMCR $26.36
Humana PFFS $26.54
Devoted Health MGMCR $26.54
Humana MCRPPO $26.54
Optum Health MCR $26.54
United CommunityCareNetwork $26.54
Humana MCRHMO $26.54
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $27.07
Celtic MCR $27.07
United MGMCR $27.07
Wellcare MCR $27.07
Pyramid Life MCR $28.40
United KSMGMCD $29.54
BCBS TRICARE $29.95
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $29.95
HealthyBlue MGMCD $30.13
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $30.43
Aetna Better Health MCD $30.72
Amerigroup MGMCD $30.72
Unicare MGMCD $30.72
Home State Health Plan MCD $35.74
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $36.06
CorVel Corporation KSWC $42.82
United MOMGMCD $42.83
Aetna IVLHIX $43.21
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $43.94
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $44.62
Aetna KCCarePlus $44.80
Humana ASO $53.20
Humana EPO $53.20
Humana HMO $53.20
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $56.59
Aetna Local $60.36
Humana POS $66.08
Humana PPO $66.08
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $73.18
BCBS BlueAccess $73.18
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $73.18
Aetna National $73.71
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $80.97
Oscar HIX $82.71
NHC Advantage MGMCR $82.71
NHC Advantage MGMCD $82.71
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $87.06
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $95.77
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $104.47
United OptionsPPO $109.26
Universal Healthcare MCR $152.36
BCBS Traditional $161.06
BCBS Participating $161.06
BCBS PC $169.77
BCBS FreedomNetwork $169.77
Aetna FHMedicalRental $174.99
Coventry WCOMP $174.99
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $178.48
College Park Family Care Center COMM $187.18
United GlobalBenefitPlan $195.89
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $208.95
Cigna LifeSource COMM $217.66
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $217.66
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $217.66
Aetna NATIONALNAP $222.01
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $230.71
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $261.19
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $282.95
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $282.95
CorVel Corporation MOWC $282.95
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $282.95
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $322.13
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $326.48
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $348.25
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $348.25
CCO, Inc. COMM $348.25
Optum Health COMM $387.43
Optum Transplant COMM $400.49
Optum Health MCD $435.31

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Pt wheelchair management each 15 minutes at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $29.95 – $53.20
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $60.50 $29.56 – $36.19
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $93.73 $29.99 – $54.29
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $69.55 $29.54 – $41.60
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $90.35 $37.81 – $41.60
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $81.25 $27.99 – $41.60
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $52.00 $27.01 – $104.28
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $79.30 $27.01 – $59.51

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