Shrinker upper limb 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

$750.00

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.

$750.00

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.

$58.54 with Optum Transplants vs $750.00 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 $58.54 ↓ -92%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $59.11 ↓ -92%
BCBS MCRPPO $59.11 ↓ -92%
BCBS MCRHMO $59.11 ↓ -92%
BCBS TRICARE $59.71 ↓ -92%
Humana MCRHMO $59.71 ↓ -92%
Devoted Health MGMCR $59.71 ↓ -92%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $59.71 ↓ -92%
Optum Health MCR $59.71 ↓ -92%
United CommunityCareNetwork $59.71 ↓ -92%
Humana MCRPPO $59.71 ↓ -92%
Humana PFFS $59.71 ↓ -92%
United MGMCR $60.90 ↓ -92%
Wellcare MCR $60.90 ↓ -92%
Celtic MCR $60.90 ↓ -92%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $60.90 ↓ -92%
Pyramid Life MCR $63.89 ↓ -91%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $97.50 ↓ -87%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $150.00 ↓ -80%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $165.00 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $180.00 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $188.25 ↓ -75%
Aetna Better Health MCD $225.00 ↓ -70%
BCBS Participating $277.50 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $277.50 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $292.50 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $292.50 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $301.50 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $301.50 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $307.50 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $337.50 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $360.00 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $375.00 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $375.00 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $375.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $382.50 ↓ -49%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $450.00 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $487.50 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $487.50 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $487.50 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $555.00 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $562.50 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $600.00 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $600.00 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $600.00 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $600.00 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $667.50 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $690.00 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $750.00 ↑ +0%

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Shrinker upper limb at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $59.71 – $63.89
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $363.62 $41.82 – $71.65
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis not published $35.58 – $35.58
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit not published $59.11 – $63.89
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence not published $59.11 – $63.89

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