Unlisted neurological dx px 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

$762.92

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.

$762.92

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.

$64.18 with United vs $762.92 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 $64.18 ↓ -92%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $65.46 ↓ -91%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $66.11 ↓ -91%
Aetna Better Health MCD $66.75 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup MGMCD $66.75 ↓ -91%
Unicare MGMCD $66.75 ↓ -91%
Home State Health Plan MCD $77.66 ↓ -90%
United MOMGMCD $93.06 ↓ -88%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $99.18 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $141.90 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $144.95 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $144.95 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $144.95 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $152.58 ↓ -80%
Humana ASO $160.98 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $160.98 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $160.98 ↓ -79%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $167.84 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $183.10 ↓ -76%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $189.20 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $191.49 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $202.17 ↓ -74%
Humana POS $202.17 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalKC $225.21 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $228.88 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $228.88 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $228.88 ↓ -70%
Aetna IVLHIX $233.45 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $251.00 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $267.02 ↓ -65%
Cigna Comm $281.52 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $282.28 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $282.28 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $297.54 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $297.54 ↓ -61%
Aetna Local $299.83 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $306.69 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $306.69 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $312.80 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $328.06 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $343.31 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $366.20 ↓ -52%
Aetna National $366.96 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $381.46 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $381.46 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $381.46 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $389.09 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $404.35 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $457.75 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $495.90 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $495.90 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $495.90 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $495.90 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $564.56 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $572.19 ↓ -25%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $572.19 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $610.34 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $610.34 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $610.34 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $610.34 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $679.00 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $701.89 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $762.92 ↑ +0%

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Unlisted neurological dx px at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $65.46 – $93.06
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $221.10 $126.30 – $154.66
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $128.05 $186.73 – $234.18
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $413.40 $85.06 – $826.91
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $930.80 $64.18 – $67.39
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $128.88 – $154.66
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $128.88 – $154.66
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $128.88 – $154.66

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