Vaccine rabies im 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

$952.18

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.

$952.18

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.

$209.48 with Aetna Coventry vs $952.18 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
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $209.48 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $228.52 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $239.00 ↓ -75%
BCBS TRICARE $317.67 ↓ -67%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $317.67 ↓ -67%
United KSMGMCD $319.75 ↓ -66%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $326.14 ↓ -66%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $329.34 ↓ -65%
Amerigroup MGMCD $332.54 ↓ -65%
Aetna Better Health MCD $332.54 ↓ -65%
Unicare MGMCD $332.54 ↓ -65%
BCBS Participating $352.31 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $352.31 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $371.35 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $371.35 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $382.78 ↓ -60%
Home State Health Plan MCD $384.38 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $390.39 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $428.48 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $457.05 ↓ -52%
United MOMGMCD $460.62 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $476.09 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $476.09 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $476.09 ↓ -50%
United AllPayerAppendix $527.59 ↓ -45%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $571.31 ↓ -40%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $618.92 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $618.92 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $618.92 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $618.92 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $704.61 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $714.13 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $761.74 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $761.74 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $761.74 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $761.74 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $847.44 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $876.01 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $952.18 ↑ +0%
BCBS BlueAccess not published by hospital
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) not published by hospital
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) not published by hospital

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RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $648.00 $317.67 – $460.62
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $850.32 $319.75 – $329.66
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