Renal cyst study s&i 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.

$48.27 with BCBS vs $1,361.57 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
BCBS BlueAccess $48.27
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $48.27
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $48.27
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $61.54
CorVel Corporation KSWC $73.08
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $75.01
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $76.16
Aetna IVLHIX $80.64
Aetna KCCarePlus $84.22
Humana ASO $108.29
Humana HMO $108.29
Humana EPO $108.29
Aetna Local $112.89
Aetna National $138.57
Humana PPO $139.79
Humana POS $139.79
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $177.00
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $253.25
NHC Advantage MGMCD $258.70
NHC Advantage MGMCR $258.70
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $272.31
United KSMGMCD $282.26
HealthyBlue MGMCD $287.91
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $290.73
Amerigroup MGMCD $293.55
Aetna Better Health MCD $293.55
Unicare MGMCD $293.55
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $326.78
Home State Health Plan MCD $341.53
United OptionsPPO $341.75
United MOMGMCD $409.28
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $428.73
Universal Healthcare MCR $476.55
BCBS Participating $503.78
BCBS Traditional $503.78
BCBS FreedomNetwork $531.01
BCBS PC $531.01
Coventry WCOMP $547.35
Aetna FHMedicalRental $547.35
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $558.24
College Park Family Care Center COMM $585.48
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $612.01
United GlobalBenefitPlan $612.71
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $653.55
Cigna LifeSource COMM $680.78
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $680.78
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $680.78
Aetna NATIONALNAP $694.40
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $721.63
Cigna LocalKC $729.52
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $816.94
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $885.02
CorVel Corporation MOWC $885.02
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $885.02
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $885.02
Cigna Comm $910.67
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $1,007.56
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1,021.18
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $1,021.18
United AllPayerAppendix $1,086.50
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,089.26
CCO, Inc. COMM $1,089.26
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1,089.26
Optum Health COMM $1,211.80
Optum Transplant COMM $1,252.64
Optum Health MCD $1,361.57

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Renal cyst study s&i at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $48.27 – $612.01
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,004.85 $56.61 – $656.76
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,004.85 $56.61 – $656.76
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $338.80 $65.00 – $656.76
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,004.85 $56.61 – $965.78
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,004.85 $56.61 – $656.76
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,004.85 $56.61 – $656.76
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton $1,004.85 $56.61 – $656.76

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