Veeg ea 12-26hr cont mntr 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

$18,913.66

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.

$18,913.66

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.

$590.82 with United vs $18,913.66 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 $590.82 ↓ -97%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $602.64 ↓ -97%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $608.54 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $614.45 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $614.45 ↓ -97%
Unicare MGMCD $614.45 ↓ -97%
Home State Health Plan MCD $714.89 ↓ -96%
United MOMGMCD $856.69 ↓ -95%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $2,458.78 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $3,517.94 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $3,593.60 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $3,593.60 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $3,593.60 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $3,782.73 ↓ -80%
Humana ASO $3,990.78 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $3,990.78 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $3,990.78 ↓ -79%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $4,161.01 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $4,539.28 ↓ -76%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $4,690.59 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $4,747.33 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $5,012.12 ↓ -73%
Humana POS $5,012.12 ↓ -73%
Cigna LocalKC $5,583.31 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $5,674.10 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $5,674.10 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $5,674.10 ↓ -70%
Aetna IVLHIX $5,787.58 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $6,222.59 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $6,619.78 ↓ -65%
Cigna Comm $6,979.14 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $6,998.05 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $6,998.05 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $7,376.33 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $7,376.33 ↓ -61%
Aetna Local $7,433.07 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $7,603.29 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $7,603.29 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $7,754.60 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $8,132.87 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $8,511.15 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $9,078.56 ↓ -52%
Aetna National $9,097.47 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $9,456.83 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $9,456.83 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $9,456.83 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $9,645.97 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $10,024.24 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $11,348.20 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $12,293.88 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $12,293.88 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $12,293.88 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $12,293.88 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $13,996.11 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $14,185.25 ↓ -25%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $14,185.25 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $15,130.93 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $15,130.93 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $15,130.93 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $15,130.93 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $16,833.16 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $17,400.57 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $18,913.66 ↑ +0%

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Veeg ea 12-26hr cont mntr at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $602.64 – $856.69
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $3,332.45 $860.13 – $1,032.15
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $3,332.45 $860.13 – $1,032.15
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,682.45 $842.92 – $1,032.15
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $3,332.45 $1,034.70 – $1,034.70
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $3,332.45 $860.13 – $1,032.15
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $3,332.45 $860.13 – $1,032.15
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton $3,332.45 $860.13 – $1,032.15

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