Vaccine varicella live subcutaneous 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

$239.20

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.

$239.20

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.

$52.62 with Aetna Coventry vs $380.14 with United — 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 $52.62 ↓ -78%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $52.62 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $57.41 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $60.04 ↓ -75%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $71.76 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $71.76 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $71.76 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $88.50 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $88.50 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $93.29 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $93.29 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $96.16 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $98.07 ↓ -59%
BCBS MCRPPO $107.64 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $107.64 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRHMO $107.64 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $114.82 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $119.60 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $119.60 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $119.60 ↓ -50%
United KSMGMCD $122.02 ↓ -49%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $124.46 ↓ -48%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $125.68 ↓ -47%
Unicare MGMCD $126.90 ↓ -47%
Aetna Better Health MCD $126.90 ↓ -47%
Amerigroup MGMCD $126.90 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $143.52 ↓ -40%
Home State Health Plan MCD $147.64 ↓ -38%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $155.48 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $155.48 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $155.48 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $155.48 ↓ -35%
United MOMGMCD $176.93 ↓ -26%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $177.01 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $179.40 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $191.36 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $191.36 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $191.36 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $191.36 ↓ -20%
BCBS TRICARE $193.98 ↓ -19%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $193.98 ↓ -19%
Optum Health COMM $212.89 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $220.06 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $239.20 ↑ +0%
United AllPayerAppendix $380.14 ↑ +59%

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Vaccine varicella live subcutaneous at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $124.46 – $193.98
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $808.52 $122.02 – $267.18
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $578.40 $51.53 – $334.99
Mercy Primary Care - Bernie Bernie $194.25 $174.95 – $219.45
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $364.16 $122.02 – $193.98
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Lexington $815.33 $122.02 – $126.90
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $186.53 – $186.53
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $186.53 – $186.53

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