Tomosynthesis breast screen bilateral 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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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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$7.48 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $74.19 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

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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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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
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $7.48
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $10.71
NHC Advantage MGMCR $10.94
NHC Advantage MGMCD $10.94
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $11.51
Humana EPO $12.15
Humana ASO $12.15
Humana HMO $12.15
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $13.82
United OptionsPPO $14.45
Humana POS $15.26
Humana PPO $15.26
United KSMGMCD $15.67
HealthyBlue MGMCD $15.98
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $16.14
Unicare MGMCD $16.30
Amerigroup MGMCD $16.30
Aetna Better Health MCD $16.30
Home State Health Plan MCD $18.96
Universal Healthcare MCR $20.15
BCBS Traditional $21.30
BCBS Participating $21.30
BCBS MCRHMO $21.73
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $21.73
BCBS MCRPPO $21.73
Optum Health MCR $21.95
Devoted Health MGMCR $21.95
United CommunityCareNetwork $21.95
Humana PFFS $21.95
Humana MCRPPO $21.95
Humana MCRHMO $21.95
BCBS TRICARE $22.08
Optum Transplants OONMCR $22.08
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $22.08
Celtic MCR $22.39
United MGMCR $22.39
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $22.39
Wellcare MCR $22.39
BCBS PC $22.45
BCBS FreedomNetwork $22.45
United MOMGMCD $22.72
Aetna FHMedicalRental $23.14
Coventry WCOMP $23.14
Pyramid Life MCR $23.49
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $23.60
College Park Family Care Center COMM $24.76
United GlobalBenefitPlan $25.91
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $27.63
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $28.40
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $28.79
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $28.79
Cigna LifeSource COMM $28.79
Aetna NATIONALNAP $29.36
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $30.51
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $32.86
Cigna LocalKC $33.85
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $34.54
CorVel Corporation MOWC $37.42
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $37.42
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $37.42
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $37.42
CorVel Corporation KSWC $39.02
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $40.04
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $40.66
Cigna Comm $42.26
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $42.60
Aetna IVLHIX $43.17
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $43.18
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $44.67
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $44.67
BCBS BlueAccess $44.67
Aetna KCCarePlus $45.09
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $46.06
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $46.06
CCO, Inc. COMM $46.06
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $47.76
Optum Health COMM $51.24
Optum Transplant COMM $52.96
United AllPayerAppendix $57.31
Optum Health MCD $57.57
Aetna Local $60.44
Aetna National $74.19

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Tomosynthesis breast screen bilateral at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $15.98 – $45.09
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $116.05 $22.26 – $76.96
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $116.05 $22.26 – $76.96
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $109.45 $21.81 – $61.77
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $116.05 $25.83 – $76.96
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $116.05 $22.26 – $76.96
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $116.05 $22.26 – $76.96
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $84.61 $22.14 – $40.07

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