Split blood or products 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

$110.81

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.

$110.81

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.

$0.37 with Cigna vs $149.16 with United — 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
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $0.37 ↓ -100%
Cigna LocalKC $0.45 ↓ -100%
Cigna Comm $0.56 ↓ -99%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $14.41 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $20.61 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $21.05 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $21.05 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $21.05 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $22.16 ↓ -80%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $22.16 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $23.38 ↓ -79%
Humana ASO $23.38 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $23.38 ↓ -79%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $26.59 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $27.81 ↓ -75%
Humana POS $29.32 ↓ -74%
Humana PPO $29.32 ↓ -74%
Aetna Better Health MCD $33.24 ↓ -70%
Aetna IVLHIX $33.91 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $36.46 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $38.78 ↓ -65%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $38.94 ↓ -65%
BCBS Participating $41.00 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $41.00 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $43.22 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $43.22 ↓ -61%
Aetna Local $43.55 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $44.55 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $44.55 ↓ -60%
BCBS BlueAccess $44.69 ↓ -60%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $44.69 ↓ -60%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $44.69 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $45.43 ↓ -59%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $46.24 ↓ -58%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $47.45 ↓ -57%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $47.65 ↓ -57%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $48.18 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $49.86 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $53.19 ↓ -52%
Aetna National $53.30 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $55.41 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $55.41 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $55.41 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $56.51 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $58.73 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $66.49 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $72.03 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $72.03 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $72.03 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $72.03 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $82.00 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $83.11 ↓ -25%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $83.11 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $88.65 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $88.65 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $88.65 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $98.62 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $101.95 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $110.81 ↑ +0%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $138.95 ↑ +25%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↑ +35%

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Split blood or products at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $0.37 – $48.18
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $83.60 $24.66 – $204.77
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $83.60 $24.66 – $204.77
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $161.15 $28.31 – $204.77
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $83.60 $24.66 – $149.16
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $83.60 $24.66 – $204.77
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $83.60 $24.66 – $204.77
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $185.90 $28.59 – $307.16

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