St treatment swallow dysfunction/oral 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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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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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.

$70.82 with United vs $654.95 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
United KSMGMCD $70.82
HealthyBlue MGMCD $72.24
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $72.94
Unicare MGMCD $73.65
Amerigroup MGMCD $73.65
Aetna Better Health MCD $73.65
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $80.80
BCBS TRICARE $80.80
Optum Transplants OONMCR $80.80
BCBS MCRHMO $80.96
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $80.96
BCBS MCRPPO $80.96
Humana MCRHMO $81.78
Humana PFFS $81.78
Humana MCRPPO $81.78
United CommunityCareNetwork $81.78
Devoted Health MGMCR $81.78
Optum Health MCR $81.78
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $83.42
Wellcare MCR $83.42
United MGMCR $83.42
Celtic MCR $83.42
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $85.14
Home State Health Plan MCD $85.69
Pyramid Life MCR $87.50
United MOMGMCD $102.69
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $121.82
NHC Advantage MGMCR $124.44
Oscar HIX $124.44
NHC Advantage MGMCD $124.44
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $130.99
Humana EPO $142.43
Humana HMO $142.43
Humana ASO $142.43
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $144.09
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $157.19
United OptionsPPO $164.39
Humana POS $176.92
Humana PPO $176.92
Aetna IVLHIX $200.41
Aetna KCCarePlus $215.48
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $216.57
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $216.57
BCBS BlueAccess $216.57
Universal Healthcare MCR $229.23
BCBS Traditional $242.33
BCBS Participating $242.33
BCBS PC $255.43
BCBS FreedomNetwork $255.43
Aetna Local $257.40
Aetna FHMedicalRental $263.29
Coventry WCOMP $263.29
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $268.53
College Park Family Care Center COMM $281.63
United GlobalBenefitPlan $294.73
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $314.38
Aetna National $315.03
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $327.48
Cigna LifeSource COMM $327.48
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $327.48
Aetna NATIONALNAP $334.02
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $347.12
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $392.97
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $425.72
CorVel Corporation MOWC $425.72
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $425.72
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $425.72
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $484.66
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $491.21
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $523.96
CCO, Inc. COMM $523.96
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $523.96
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $523.96
Optum Health COMM $582.91
Optum Transplant COMM $602.55
Optum Health MCD $654.95

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St treatment swallow dysfunction/oral at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $72.24 – $142.43
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $289.30 $81.78 – $98.14
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $289.30 $81.78 – $98.14
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $335.50 $80.14 – $98.14
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $289.30 $89.09 – $89.09
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $289.30 $81.78 – $98.14
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $289.30 $81.78 – $98.14
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $348.15 $81.33 – $147.20

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