Sialography 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

$8,547.97

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.

$8,547.97

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.

$98.10 with Multiplan vs $8,547.97 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 $98.10 ↓ -99%
Aetna IVLHIX $115.45 ↓ -99%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $116.49 ↓ -99%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $119.55 ↓ -99%
Aetna KCCarePlus $120.58 ↓ -99%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $121.39 ↓ -99%
United KSMGMCD $131.00 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $133.62 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $134.93 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $136.24 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $136.24 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $136.24 ↓ -98%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $148.79 ↓ -98%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $148.79 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAccess $148.79 ↓ -98%
Humana HMO $149.61 ↓ -98%
Humana ASO $149.61 ↓ -98%
Humana EPO $149.61 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $158.51 ↓ -98%
Aetna Local $161.63 ↓ -98%
United MOMGMCD $189.95 ↓ -98%
Humana PPO $193.13 ↓ -98%
Humana POS $193.13 ↓ -98%
Aetna National $198.40 ↓ -98%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $204.16 ↓ -98%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $271.84 ↓ -97%
Cigna LocalKC $324.03 ↓ -96%
Cigna Comm $404.49 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79 ↓ -94%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $1,111.24 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $1,589.92 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $1,624.11 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $1,624.11 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $1,709.59 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $2,051.51 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $2,145.54 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $2,991.79 ↓ -65%
BCBS Participating $3,162.75 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $3,162.75 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $3,333.71 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $3,333.71 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $3,436.28 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $3,436.28 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $3,504.67 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $3,675.63 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $3,846.59 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $4,103.03 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $4,273.98 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $4,273.98 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $4,273.98 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $4,359.46 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $4,530.42 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $5,128.78 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $5,556.18 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $5,556.18 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $5,556.18 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $5,556.18 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $6,325.50 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $6,410.98 ↓ -25%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $6,410.98 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $6,838.38 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $6,838.38 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $6,838.38 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $7,607.69 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $7,864.13 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $8,547.97 ↑ +0%

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Sialography s&i at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $98.10 – $271.84
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $393.25 $74.93 – $286.78
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $393.25 $74.93 – $286.78
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $393.25 $74.93 – $460.26
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $393.25 $74.93 – $286.78
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $393.25 $74.93 – $286.78
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $842.82 $138.62 – $430.18
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $456.30 $78.84 – $1,533.30

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