Ultrasound breast complete 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.

$59.96 with United vs $1,210.88 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 $59.96
HealthyBlue MGMCD $61.16
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $61.76
Amerigroup MGMCD $62.36
Aetna Better Health MCD $62.36
Unicare MGMCD $62.36
Home State Health Plan MCD $72.55
United MOMGMCD $86.94
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $93.47
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $96.60
CorVel Corporation KSWC $111.00
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $113.92
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $115.67
Aetna IVLHIX $120.47
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $121.96
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $124.42
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $124.42
BCBS BlueAccess $124.42
Aetna KCCarePlus $125.83
Cigna LocalKC $145.38
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $157.41
Aetna Local $168.66
Cigna Comm $181.48
Aetna National $207.03
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $225.22
NHC Advantage MGMCD $230.07
NHC Advantage MGMCR $230.07
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $242.18
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Humana HMO $255.50
Humana ASO $255.50
Humana EPO $255.50
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $290.61
United OptionsPPO $303.93
Humana PPO $320.88
Humana POS $320.88
Universal Healthcare MCR $423.81
BCBS Traditional $448.03
BCBS Participating $448.03
BCBS PC $472.24
BCBS FreedomNetwork $472.24
Coventry WCOMP $486.77
Aetna FHMedicalRental $486.77
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $496.46
College Park Family Care Center COMM $520.68
United GlobalBenefitPlan $544.90
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $581.22
Cigna LifeSource COMM $605.44
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $605.44
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $605.44
Aetna NATIONALNAP $617.55
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $641.77
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $726.53
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $787.07
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $787.07
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $787.07
CorVel Corporation MOWC $787.07
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $896.05
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $908.16
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $908.16
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $968.70
CCO, Inc. COMM $968.70
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $968.70
Optum Health COMM $1,077.68
Optum Transplant COMM $1,114.01
Optum Health MCD $1,210.88

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Ultrasound breast complete at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $61.16 – $125.83
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $814.00 $72.06 – $219.08
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $814.00 $72.06 – $219.08
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $528.55 $82.74 – $175.82
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $814.00 $72.06 – $219.08
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $814.00 $72.06 – $219.08
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $814.00 $72.06 – $219.08
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $302.50 $104.14 – $188.49

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