Wound therapy negative pressure per session <= 50 sq cm dme 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.

$40.22 with BCBS vs $902.60 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
BCBS MCRPPO $40.22
BCBS MCRHMO $40.22
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $40.22
Humana MCRPPO $40.63
Humana PFFS $40.63
Devoted Health MGMCR $40.63
Optum Health MCR $40.63
Humana MCRHMO $40.63
United CommunityCareNetwork $40.63
Optum Transplants OONMCR $40.80
Wellcare MCR $41.44
Celtic MCR $41.44
United MGMCR $41.44
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $41.44
Pyramid Life MCR $43.47
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $47.44
CorVel Corporation KSWC $56.33
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $57.82
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $58.71
United KSMGMCD $64.86
HealthyBlue MGMCD $66.16
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $66.81
Unicare MGMCD $67.45
Aetna Better Health MCD $67.45
Amerigroup MGMCD $67.45
Home State Health Plan MCD $78.48
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $89.94
BCBS BlueAccess $89.94
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $89.94
United MOMGMCD $94.05
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $117.34
NHC Advantage MGMCR $171.49
NHC Advantage MGMCD $171.49
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $198.57
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $216.62
United OptionsPPO $226.55
Universal Healthcare MCR $315.91
Aetna FHMedicalRental $362.85
Coventry WCOMP $362.85
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $370.07
College Park Family Care Center COMM $388.12
United GlobalBenefitPlan $406.17
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $433.25
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $451.30
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $451.30
Cigna LifeSource COMM $451.30
Aetna NATIONALNAP $460.33
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $478.38
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $541.56
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $586.69
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $586.69
CorVel Corporation MOWC $586.69
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $586.69
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $667.92
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $676.95
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $676.95
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $722.08
CCO, Inc. COMM $722.08
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $722.08
Optum Health COMM $803.31
Optum Transplant COMM $830.39
Optum Health MCD $902.60

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Wound therapy negative pressure per session <= 50 sq cm dme at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $47.44 – $94.05
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $342.65 $29.12 – $241.15
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $342.65 $29.12 – $241.15
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $400.95 $33.43 – $241.15
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $342.65 $29.12 – $29.12
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $342.65 $29.12 – $241.15
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $342.65 $29.12 – $241.15
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $237.60 $48.50 – $361.72

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