Vaccine tdap >=7 years 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

$111.55

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.

$111.55

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.

$24.54 with Aetna Coventry vs $111.55 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 $24.54 ↓ -78%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $24.54 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $26.77 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $28.00 ↓ -75%
BCBS BlueAccess $33.47 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $33.47 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $33.47 ↓ -70%
BCBS TRICARE $39.07 ↓ -65%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $39.07 ↓ -65%
United KSMGMCD $39.69 ↓ -64%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $40.48 ↓ -64%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $40.88 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $41.27 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $41.27 ↓ -63%
Aetna Better Health MCD $41.28 ↓ -63%
Amerigroup MGMCD $41.28 ↓ -63%
Unicare MGMCD $41.28 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $43.50 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $43.50 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $44.84 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $45.74 ↓ -59%
Home State Health Plan MCD $47.27 ↓ -58%
BCBS MCRHMO $50.20 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRPPO $50.20 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $50.20 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $53.54 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $55.77 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $55.77 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $55.77 ↓ -50%
United MOMGMCD $56.65 ↓ -49%
United AllPayerAppendix $65.49 ↓ -41%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $66.93 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $72.51 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $72.51 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $72.51 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $72.51 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $82.55 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $83.66 ↓ -25%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $89.24 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $89.24 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $89.24 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $89.24 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $99.28 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $102.63 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $111.55 ↑ +0%

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Vaccine tdap >=7 years im at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $104.39 $39.07 – $56.65
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $80.52 $46.26 – $67.04
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $80.52 $46.26 – $67.04
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $80.52 $46.26 – $67.04
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $80.52 $46.26 – $67.04
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $80.52 $46.26 – $67.04
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $63.36 not published
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $147.59 $28.80 – $39.69

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