Ultrasound abdomen aorta screening study aaa 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 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

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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.

$87.92 with Multiplan vs $852.42 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

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

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
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $87.92
United KSMGMCD $90.85
HealthyBlue MGMCD $92.67
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $93.58
Aetna Better Health MCD $94.48
Amerigroup MGMCD $94.48
Unicare MGMCD $94.48
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $96.60
CorVel Corporation KSWC $104.41
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $107.15
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $108.80
Home State Health Plan MCD $109.93
Aetna IVLHIX $110.05
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $110.81
Aetna KCCarePlus $114.94
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $121.96
United MOMGMCD $131.73
Cigna LocalKC $145.38
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $152.77
BCBS BlueAccess $152.77
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $152.77
Aetna Local $154.07
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $158.55
NHC Advantage MGMCD $161.96
NHC Advantage MGMCR $161.96
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $170.48
Humana HMO $179.86
Humana ASO $179.86
Humana EPO $179.86
Cigna Comm $181.48
Aetna National $189.12
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $204.58
United OptionsPPO $213.96
Humana PPO $225.89
Humana POS $225.89
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Universal Healthcare MCR $298.35
BCBS Traditional $315.40
BCBS Participating $315.40
BCBS PC $332.44
BCBS FreedomNetwork $332.44
Coventry WCOMP $342.67
Aetna FHMedicalRental $342.67
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $349.49
College Park Family Care Center COMM $366.54
United GlobalBenefitPlan $383.59
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $409.16
Cigna LifeSource COMM $426.21
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $426.21
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $426.21
Aetna NATIONALNAP $434.73
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $451.78
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $511.45
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $554.07
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $554.07
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $554.07
CorVel Corporation MOWC $554.07
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $630.79
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $639.32
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $639.32
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $681.94
CCO, Inc. COMM $681.94
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $681.94
Optum Health COMM $758.65
Optum Transplant COMM $784.23
Optum Health MCD $852.42

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Ultrasound abdomen aorta screening study aaa at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $87.92 – $152.77
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $212.30 $67.11 – $206.08
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $212.30 $67.11 – $206.08
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $209.00 $77.05 – $165.39
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $212.30 $67.11 – $217.94
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $212.30 $67.11 – $206.08
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $212.30 $67.11 – $206.08
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $313.65 $104.14 – $188.49

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