Red blood cells leukocytes reduced each unit 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.

$87.00 with United vs $995.18 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 $87.00
HealthyBlue MGMCD $88.74
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $89.61
Aetna Better Health MCD $90.48
Amerigroup MGMCD $90.48
Unicare MGMCD $90.48
Home State Health Plan MCD $105.27
United MOMGMCD $126.15
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $129.37
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $185.10
NHC Advantage MGMCR $189.08
Oscar HIX $189.08
NHC Advantage MGMCD $189.08
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $199.04
Humana ASO $209.98
Humana HMO $209.98
Humana EPO $209.98
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $218.94
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $238.84
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $246.80
United OptionsPPO $249.79
Humana PPO $263.72
Humana POS $263.72
Cigna LocalKC $293.78
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $298.55
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $298.55
BCBS BlueAccess $298.55
Aetna IVLHIX $304.53
Aetna KCCarePlus $327.41
Universal Healthcare MCR $348.31
Cigna Comm $367.22
BCBS Traditional $368.22
BCBS Participating $368.22
BCBS PC $388.12
BCBS FreedomNetwork $388.12
Aetna Local $391.11
Aetna FHMedicalRental $400.06
Coventry WCOMP $400.06
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $408.02
College Park Family Care Center COMM $427.93
United GlobalBenefitPlan $447.83
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $477.69
Aetna National $478.68
Cigna LifeSource COMM $497.59
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $497.59
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $497.59
Aetna NATIONALNAP $507.54
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $527.45
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $597.11
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $646.87
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $646.87
CorVel Corporation MOWC $646.87
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $646.87
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $736.43
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $746.38
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $746.38
CCO, Inc. COMM $796.14
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $796.14
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $796.14
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $796.14
Optum Health COMM $885.71
Optum Transplant COMM $915.57
Optum Health MCD $995.18

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Red blood cells leukocytes reduced each unit at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $88.74 – $126.15
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $224.95 $184.91 – $221.89
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $224.95 $184.91 – $221.89
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $567.60 $181.21 – $221.89
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $224.95 not published
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $224.95 not published
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $224.95 $184.91 – $221.89
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $591.80 not published

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