Suscept studies macrobroth dilution ea 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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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.

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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.

$3.37 with Cigna vs $16.24 with Humana — 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 $3.37
Cigna LocalKC $4.06
Cigna Comm $5.05
United KSMGMCD $5.64
HealthyBlue MGMCD $5.75
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $5.81
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.87
Unicare MGMCD $5.87
Aetna Better Health MCD $5.87
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $6.28
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $6.39
BCBS TRICARE $6.39
BCBS MCRHMO $6.57
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $6.57
BCBS MCRPPO $6.57
Optum Transplants OONMCR $6.64
United AllPayerAppendix $6.64
Devoted Health MGMCR $6.64
United CommunityCareNetwork $6.64
Humana PFFS $6.64
Humana MCRPPO $6.64
Humana MCRHMO $6.64
Optum Health MCR $6.64
Celtic MCR $6.77
Wellcare MCR $6.77
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $6.77
United MGMCR $6.77
Home State Health Plan MCD $6.82
Pyramid Life MCR $7.10
United MOMGMCD $8.18
Aetna IVLHIX $8.96
Aetna KCCarePlus $9.36
Oscar HIX $10.09
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $11.94
Aetna Local $12.55
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $12.99
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $12.99
BCBS BlueAccess $12.99
CorVel Corporation KSWC $14.17
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $14.55
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $14.77
Aetna National $15.41
Humana ASO $16.24
Humana POS $16.24
Humana HMO $16.24
Humana EPO $16.24
Humana PPO $16.24

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Suscept studies macrobroth dilution ea at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $3.37 – $16.24
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $47.30 $5.98 – $11.95
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $6.64 – $27.39
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $6.64 – $27.39
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $6.51 – $14.19
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $6.64 – $27.39
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $6.64 – $27.39
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $6.64 – $27.39

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