Warde copper 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

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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.

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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.

$6.29 with Cigna vs $375.98 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
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $6.29
Cigna LocalKC $7.59
Cigna Comm $9.44
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $11.73
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $11.94
BCBS TRICARE $11.94
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $12.29
BCBS MCRPPO $12.29
BCBS MCRHMO $12.29
Optum Health MCR $12.41
Devoted Health MGMCR $12.41
Humana MCRHMO $12.41
Humana MCRPPO $12.41
Humana PFFS $12.41
Optum Transplants OONMCR $12.41
United CommunityCareNetwork $12.41
United AllPayerAppendix $12.41
United KSMGMCD $12.41
HealthyBlue MGMCD $12.66
Celtic MCR $12.66
United MGMCR $12.66
Wellcare MCR $12.66
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $12.66
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $12.78
Unicare MGMCD $12.91
Aetna Better Health MCD $12.91
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.91
Pyramid Life MCR $13.28
Home State Health Plan MCD $15.02
Aetna IVLHIX $16.75
Aetna KCCarePlus $17.49
United MOMGMCD $17.99
Oscar HIX $18.86
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $22.32
Aetna Local $23.45
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $26.13
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $26.13
BCBS BlueAccess $26.13
CorVel Corporation KSWC $26.50
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $27.20
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $27.62
Aetna National $28.79
Humana PPO $30.36
Humana ASO $30.36
Humana POS $30.36
Humana HMO $30.36
Humana EPO $30.36
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $48.88
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $69.93
NHC Advantage MGMCR $71.44
NHC Advantage MGMCD $71.44
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $75.20
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $90.24
United OptionsPPO $94.37
Universal Healthcare MCR $131.59
BCBS Traditional $139.11
BCBS Participating $139.11
BCBS FreedomNetwork $146.63
BCBS PC $146.63
Coventry WCOMP $151.14
Aetna FHMedicalRental $151.14
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $154.15
College Park Family Care Center COMM $161.67
United GlobalBenefitPlan $169.19
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $180.47
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $187.99
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $187.99
Cigna LifeSource COMM $187.99
Aetna NATIONALNAP $191.75
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $199.27
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $225.59
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $244.39
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $244.39
CorVel Corporation MOWC $244.39
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $244.39
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $278.23
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $281.99
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $300.78
CCO, Inc. COMM $300.78
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $300.78
Optum Health COMM $334.62
Optum Transplant COMM $345.90
Optum Health MCD $375.98

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Warde copper at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $6.29 – $30.36
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $120.45 $12.41 – $51.17
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $120.45 $12.41 – $51.17
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $143.00 $12.16 – $26.50
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $120.45 $12.41 – $51.17
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $120.45 $12.41 – $51.17
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $120.45 $12.41 – $51.17
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $199.10 $11.17 – $22.34

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