Stress test pulmonary 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

$1,265.81

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.

$1,265.81

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.

$71.00 with United vs $1,265.81 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 $71.00 ↓ -94%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $72.42 ↓ -94%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $73.13 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health MCD $73.84 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCD $73.84 ↓ -94%
Unicare MGMCD $73.84 ↓ -94%
Home State Health Plan MCD $85.91 ↓ -93%
United MOMGMCD $102.95 ↓ -92%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $164.56 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $235.44 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $240.50 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $240.50 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $240.50 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $253.16 ↓ -80%
Humana ASO $267.09 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $267.09 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $267.09 ↓ -79%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $278.48 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $303.79 ↓ -76%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $313.92 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $317.72 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $335.44 ↓ -73%
Humana POS $335.44 ↓ -73%
Cigna LocalKC $373.67 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $379.74 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $379.74 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $379.74 ↓ -70%
Aetna IVLHIX $387.34 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $416.45 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $443.03 ↓ -65%
Cigna Comm $467.08 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $468.35 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $468.35 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $493.67 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $493.67 ↓ -61%
Aetna Local $497.46 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $508.86 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $508.86 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $518.98 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $544.30 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $569.61 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $607.59 ↓ -52%
Aetna National $608.85 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $632.90 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $632.90 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $632.90 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $645.56 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $670.88 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $759.49 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $822.78 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $822.78 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $822.78 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $822.78 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $936.70 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $949.36 ↓ -25%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $949.36 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $1,012.65 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1,012.65 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $1,012.65 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,012.65 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $1,126.57 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $1,164.55 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $1,265.81 ↑ +0%

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Stress test pulmonary at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $72.42 – $102.95
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $322.85 $11.57 – $159.92
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $322.85 $11.57 – $159.92
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $283.25 $13.29 – $159.92
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $322.85 $11.57 – $11.57
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $322.85 $11.57 – $159.92
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $322.85 $11.57 – $159.92
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $746.65 $18.97 – $239.87

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