Radiation treatment delivery 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

$632.44

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.

$632.44

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.

$32.86 with Multiplan vs $632.44 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
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $32.86 ↓ -95%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $38.51 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueAccess $38.51 ↓ -94%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $38.51 ↓ -94%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $39.02 ↓ -94%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $40.04 ↓ -94%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $40.66 ↓ -94%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $82.22 ↓ -87%
United KSMGMCD $104.03 ↓ -84%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $106.11 ↓ -83%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $106.29 ↓ -83%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $107.15 ↓ -83%
Unicare MGMCD $108.19 ↓ -83%
Aetna Better Health MCD $108.19 ↓ -83%
Amerigroup MGMCD $108.19 ↓ -83%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $117.63 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $120.16 ↓ -81%
Home State Health Plan MCD $125.88 ↓ -80%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $126.49 ↓ -80%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $133.03 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $133.44 ↓ -79%
Humana ASO $133.44 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $133.44 ↓ -79%
United MOMGMCD $150.84 ↓ -76%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $151.79 ↓ -76%
Cigna LocalKC $158.57 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $158.74 ↓ -75%
Humana POS $167.60 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $167.60 ↓ -73%
Cigna Comm $197.94 ↓ -69%
Universal Healthcare MCR $221.35 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $234.00 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $234.00 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $246.65 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $246.65 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $254.24 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $254.24 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $259.30 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $271.95 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $284.60 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $303.57 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $316.22 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $316.22 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $316.22 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $322.54 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $335.19 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $379.46 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $411.09 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $411.09 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $411.09 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $411.09 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $468.01 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $474.33 ↓ -25%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $474.33 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $505.95 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $505.95 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $505.95 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $562.87 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $581.84 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $632.44 ↑ +0%

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Radiation treatment delivery at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $32.86 – $150.84
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $20.81 – $77.09
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $20.81 – $77.09
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $23.90 – $70.30
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $20.81 – $77.09
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $20.81 – $77.09
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $20.81 – $77.09
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $33.64 – $33.64

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