Veeg cont 2-12 hrs 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

$5,641.12

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.

$5,641.12

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.

$315.65 with United vs $5,641.12 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 $315.65 ↓ -94%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $321.96 ↓ -94%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $325.12 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health MCD $328.28 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCD $328.28 ↓ -94%
Unicare MGMCD $328.28 ↓ -94%
Home State Health Plan MCD $381.94 ↓ -93%
United MOMGMCD $457.69 ↓ -92%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $733.35 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $1,049.25 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $1,071.81 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $1,071.81 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $1,071.81 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $1,128.22 ↓ -80%
Humana ASO $1,190.28 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $1,190.28 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $1,190.28 ↓ -79%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $1,241.05 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $1,353.87 ↓ -76%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $1,399.00 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $1,415.92 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $1,494.90 ↓ -73%
Humana POS $1,494.90 ↓ -73%
Cigna LocalKC $1,665.26 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $1,692.34 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $1,692.34 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $1,692.34 ↓ -70%
Aetna IVLHIX $1,726.18 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $1,855.93 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,974.39 ↓ -65%
Cigna Comm $2,081.57 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $2,087.21 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $2,087.21 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $2,200.04 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $2,200.04 ↓ -61%
Aetna Local $2,216.96 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $2,267.73 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $2,267.73 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $2,312.86 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $2,425.68 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,538.50 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $2,707.74 ↓ -52%
Aetna National $2,713.38 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $2,820.56 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $2,820.56 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $2,820.56 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $2,876.97 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $2,989.79 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $3,384.67 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $3,666.73 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $3,666.73 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $3,666.73 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $3,666.73 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $4,174.43 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $4,230.84 ↓ -25%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $4,230.84 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $4,512.90 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $4,512.90 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $4,512.90 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $4,512.90 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $5,020.60 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $5,189.83 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $5,641.12 ↑ +0%

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Veeg cont 2-12 hrs at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $321.96 – $457.69
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,666.50 $373.76 – $448.51
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,666.50 $373.76 – $448.51
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,355.75 $366.28 – $448.51
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,666.50 $677.17 – $677.17
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,666.50 $373.76 – $448.51
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,666.50 $373.76 – $448.51
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $913.83 $371.70 – $672.77

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