Urography inf drip &/or bolus 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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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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$101.17 with United vs $4,556.62 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
United KSMGMCD $101.17
HealthyBlue MGMCD $103.19
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $104.21
Aetna Better Health MCD $105.22
Unicare MGMCD $105.22
Amerigroup MGMCD $105.22
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $112.90
Home State Health Plan MCD $122.42
Aetna IVLHIX $125.85
Aetna KCCarePlus $131.44
CorVel Corporation KSWC $134.07
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $137.60
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $139.72
United MOMGMCD $146.70
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $158.49
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $159.40
BCBS BlueAccess $159.40
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $159.40
Humana HMO $164.31
Humana EPO $164.31
Humana ASO $164.31
Aetna Local $176.19
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $203.82
Humana POS $212.10
Humana PPO $212.10
Aetna National $216.28
Cigna LocalKC $242.96
Cigna Comm $303.29
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $592.36
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $847.53
NHC Advantage MGMCD $865.76
NHC Advantage MGMCR $865.76
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $911.32
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $1,093.59
United OptionsPPO $1,143.71
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,594.82
BCBS Participating $1,685.95
BCBS Traditional $1,685.95
BCBS PC $1,777.08
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,777.08
Coventry WCOMP $1,831.76
Aetna FHMedicalRental $1,831.76
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,868.21
College Park Family Care Center COMM $1,959.35
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,050.48
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $2,187.18
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $2,278.31
Cigna LifeSource COMM $2,278.31
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $2,278.31
Aetna NATIONALNAP $2,323.88
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $2,415.01
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $2,733.97
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $2,961.80
CorVel Corporation MOWC $2,961.80
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $2,961.80
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $2,961.80
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $3,371.90
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $3,417.47
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $3,417.47
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $3,645.30
CCO, Inc. COMM $3,645.30
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $3,645.30
Optum Health COMM $4,055.39
Optum Transplant COMM $4,192.09
Optum Health MCD $4,556.62

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Urography inf drip &/or bolus at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $103.19 – $203.82
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $692.25 $45.00 – $912.30
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $4,513.14 $101.17 – $203.82
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $82.81 – $264.61
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $82.81 – $264.61
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $95.09 – $226.76
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $82.81 – $357.10
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $82.81 – $264.61

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