Tube trach disp innr can 5 xlt 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.

$65.73 with Optum Transplants vs $71.73 with Pyramid Life — 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
Optum Transplants OONMCR $65.73
BCBS MCRPPO $66.37
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $66.37
BCBS MCRHMO $66.37
Humana PFFS $67.04
BCBS TRICARE $67.04
Humana MCRHMO $67.04
United CommunityCareNetwork $67.04
Humana MCRPPO $67.04
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $67.04
Devoted Health MGMCR $67.04
Optum Health MCR $67.04
Celtic MCR $68.38
Wellcare MCR $68.38
United MGMCR $68.38
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $68.38
Pyramid Life MCR $71.73

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Tube trach disp innr can 5 xlt at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $67.04 – $71.73
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $150.77 not published
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $150.77 not published
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $249.51 $46.96 – $46.96
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $150.77 not published
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $150.77 not published
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $150.77 not published
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton $150.77 not published

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