Pulse ox continuous overnight monitoring 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

$830.17

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.

$830.17

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.

$50.60 with United vs $830.17 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 $50.60 ↓ -94%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $51.61 ↓ -94%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $52.12 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health MCD $52.62 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCD $52.62 ↓ -94%
Unicare MGMCD $52.62 ↓ -94%
Home State Health Plan MCD $61.23 ↓ -93%
United MOMGMCD $73.37 ↓ -91%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $107.92 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $154.41 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $157.73 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $157.73 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $157.73 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $166.03 ↓ -80%
Humana ASO $175.17 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $175.17 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $175.17 ↓ -79%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $182.64 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $199.24 ↓ -76%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $205.88 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $208.37 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $220.00 ↓ -73%
Humana POS $220.00 ↓ -73%
Cigna LocalKC $245.07 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $249.05 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $249.05 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $249.05 ↓ -70%
Aetna IVLHIX $254.03 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $273.13 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $290.56 ↓ -65%
Cigna Comm $306.33 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $307.16 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $307.16 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $323.77 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $323.77 ↓ -61%
Aetna Local $326.26 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $333.73 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $333.73 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $340.37 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $356.97 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $373.58 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $398.48 ↓ -52%
Aetna National $399.31 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $415.08 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $415.08 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $415.08 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $423.39 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $439.99 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $498.10 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $539.61 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $539.61 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $539.61 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $539.61 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $614.33 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $622.63 ↓ -25%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $622.63 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $664.14 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $664.14 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $664.14 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $664.14 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $738.85 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $763.76 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $830.17 ↑ +0%

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Pulse ox continuous overnight monitoring at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $51.61 – $73.37
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $437.25 $24.75 – $154.66
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $437.25 $24.75 – $154.66
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $369.05 $28.42 – $154.66
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $437.25 $24.75 – $24.75
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $437.25 $24.75 – $154.66
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $437.25 $24.75 – $154.66
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $248.88 $40.78 – $231.99

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