Reinforced solid stirrup 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

$2,217.00

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.

$2,217.00

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.

$225.84 with Optum Transplants vs $2,217.00 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
Optum Transplants OONMCR $225.84 ↓ -90%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $228.05 ↓ -90%
BCBS MCRPPO $228.05 ↓ -90%
BCBS MCRHMO $228.05 ↓ -90%
BCBS TRICARE $230.35 ↓ -90%
Humana MCRHMO $230.35 ↓ -90%
Devoted Health MGMCR $230.35 ↓ -90%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $230.35 ↓ -90%
Optum Health MCR $230.35 ↓ -90%
United CommunityCareNetwork $230.35 ↓ -90%
Humana MCRPPO $230.35 ↓ -90%
Humana PFFS $230.35 ↓ -90%
United MGMCR $234.96 ↓ -89%
Wellcare MCR $234.96 ↓ -89%
Celtic MCR $234.96 ↓ -89%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $234.96 ↓ -89%
Pyramid Life MCR $246.47 ↓ -89%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $288.21 ↓ -87%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $443.40 ↓ -80%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $487.74 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $532.08 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $556.47 ↓ -75%
Aetna Better Health MCD $665.10 ↓ -70%
BCBS Participating $820.29 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $820.29 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $864.63 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $864.63 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $891.23 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $891.23 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $908.97 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $997.65 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $1,064.16 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,108.50 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,108.50 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $1,108.50 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $1,130.67 ↓ -49%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $1,330.20 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $1,441.05 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $1,441.05 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $1,441.05 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $1,640.58 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1,662.75 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1,773.60 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $1,773.60 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $1,773.60 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,773.60 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $1,973.13 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $2,039.64 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $2,217.00 ↑ +0%

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Reinforced solid stirrup at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $230.35 – $246.47
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $161.35 – $276.42
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis not published $137.26 – $137.26
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit not published $228.05 – $246.47
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence not published $228.05 – $246.47

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